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and now the end is near
and so i face the final curtain
my friends i'll say it clear
i'll state my case of which i'm certain
i've lived a life that's full
i traveled each and every highway
and more much more than this
i did it my way

regrets, i've had a few
and then again too few to mention
i did what i had to do
though i saw with through without exemption
i planned each chartered course
each careful step along the by-way
and more much more than this
i did it my way

yes there were times
i'm sure you knew
when bit off more than i could chew
but through it all, when there was doubt
i ate it up, and spit it out
i faced it all and i stood tall
and did it my way

i've loved, i've laughed and cried
i had my fill, my share of losing
and now as tears subside
i find it all so amusing
to think i did all that
and may i say not in a shy-way
oh no, oh no not me
i did it my way

for what is a girl
what has she got?
if not herself, then she has not
to say the things she truly feels
and not the words of one who kneels
the record shows i took the blows