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 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 i did it my way