My Way

Frank Sinatra

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     And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain
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     My friend, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case of which I'm certain
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     I've lived a live that's full, I traveled each and every highway
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     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

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                 Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew
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                 When I bit off more than I could chew
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                 But through it all, when there was doubt
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                 I ate it up, and spit it out
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                 I faced it all, and I stood tall
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                 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 
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                                    G    D
                 Yes, it was my way...



Copyright 1957
By Paul Anka
The Very Best of Frank Sinatra (1960)











What a long strange trip it's been!