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 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 he has not   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