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
But more, much
more than this Yes,
there were times,
I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
And 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 No,
oh no, not me, dear
For
what is a man,
what has he got If not himself,
then he has naught
To say the things
it truly
feels And all the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows