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 ewach 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
I saw it through without exemption
I plan 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 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 sly way
Oh no, oh no not me, I did it my way

Oh 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