And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain My friends 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 And then again too few to mention I did what I had to do Though I saw with through without exemption I planned each chartered course Each careful step along the by-way And more much more than this I did it my way Yes there were times Im sure you knew When 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 Ive loved, Ive 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 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