In Memorium
Francis Albert Sinatra
1915-1998
“He did it his way!”


MY WAY

Music by G. Thibault
French Lyric by Jacques Revaux and C. Francois
English Lyric by Paul Anka

A Mickey McBride Arrangement






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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