(Paul Anka - Jacques Revaud - Claude Francois - Gilles Thibaud)

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 chartered 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 lived, 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 not
To say the things he truly feels and not the worlds of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows and did it my way
Yes, it was my way...