j'ai tout fait à ma façon

and now the end is near, and so i've got to face the final curtain
my friends i'll say it clear and 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 and saw it through without exemption
i planned each other course each careful footstep along the byway
and more, much more than this i did my way

but there were times i'm sure you knew
when i bit off much more than i could chew
but through it all when there was doubt i ate it up and i 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
oh no, oh no, not me i did it my way

for what is a woman what has she got if not herself then she's nothing
to say the things she truly feels
and not the words of one who kneels
my record shows i took the blows and did it my way

['my way' version by nina simone]