1. And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain,

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my friends, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case of which I'm certain.

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I've lived a life that's full. I travelled each and every highway,

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And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

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2. Regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention.

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I did what I had to do, and saw it through without exemption.

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I planned each chartered course, each careful step along the byway,

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And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

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Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew,

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when I bit off more than I could chew,

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But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up, and spit it out.

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I faced it all, and I stood tall, and did it my way.

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3. I've loved, I've laughed and cried. I've had my fill, my share of losing.

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And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing.

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To think I did all that, and may I say, not in a shy way.

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Oh no, oh no, not me, I did it my way".

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For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught.

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To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

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The record shows I took the blows - and did it my way!

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I did it my way!