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 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 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´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 naught 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