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 traveled each and every highway And more, much more than this I did it my way For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, than he has naugth 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