My Way

(album: Sound Advice - 2011)

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 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
But 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
Oh, 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
No, oh no, not me
I did it my way

For what is the plan, what have I got?
If not myself then I have naught
To say the things you truly feel
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way, my way
I did it my way, my way