And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
You can't, I note it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
And 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 my highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

I've loved and been a snide
I've had my fill, my share of beating
And now the tears subside
I find it all so amusing to think I killed a cat
And may I say not in a dull way
Oh no, oh no not me
I did it my way

For what is a threat
What has he got if not respect
And he cannot 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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Writer(s): Claude Francois, Gilles Thibaut, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka