A useless life is an early death

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 travelled and every highway

And more much more than this

I did it my way.

Regrets I've had a few

but then again to 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 feel, 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

No, oh no not me

I did it my way.

For what is a man, what has he got?

If not himself than he has not

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!