MY WAY!

...and now, the end is near
and so I face the final curtain...
my friend, I'll say it clear.
I'll state my case of which I'm certain!

I've lived a life that's full!
I've travelled each and every highway
and more, much more than this,
I did it my way!

Regrets?

I've had a few...
but then again, too few to mention!
I did what I had to do
and saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course,
each careful step along the byway
and more, much more than this,
I did it my way!

Yes, there were times,

I'm sure you knew,
when I 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've 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 man?

What has he got if not himself

- then has naught!
To say the things he truly feels
and not the words of one who kneels!
The record shows I took the blows
and did it my way!

Yes!

It was MY WAY!!!

Paul Anka