and now the end is near and so i face the final curtainmy friend i'll say it clear i'll state my case of which i'm certaini've lived a life that's full i've traveled each and every highwayand more much more than this i did it mymy wayregretsi'vehad a few but then again too few to mentioni did what i had to do and sought through without exemptioni planned each chartered course each careful stepalong the bywayand more much more than thisi did it my wayyes there were times i'm sure you knewwhen i bit off more than i could chewbut through it all when there was doubti ate it up and spit it outi faced it all and i stood talland did it my wayi've loved and laughed and criedi've had my fillmy share of losingand now as tears subsidei find it all so amusingto think i did all thatand may i saynotnot, not in a shy wayoh nooh no not mei did it my wayfor what is a manwhat has he gotif not himselfthen he had notto say the thingThe things he truly feelsAnd not the words of one who kneelsThe record showsI took the blowsAnd did it my wayYes, it was my way*