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 traveled 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´ve 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, than he has naugth
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

(Claude François / Jacques Revaux / Paul Anka)