In Memorium
MY WAY
Music by G. Thibault
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Francis Albert Sinatra
1915-1998
“He did it his way!”
French Lyric by Jacques Revaux and C. Francois
English Lyric by Paul Anka
Refrain
AND NOW THE END IS NEAR,
AND SO I FACE THAT 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,
BUT THEN AGAIN, TOO FEW TO MENTION,
I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO,
I SAW IT THROUGH WITHOUT EXEMPTION,
I PLANNED EACH CHARTED COURSE,
EACH CAREFUL STEP ALONG THE BY-WAY,
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,
BUT 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 REALLY 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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