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 chartered 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 lived, 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 worlds of one who kneels   The record shows I took the blows and did it my way   Yes, it was my way