My Way

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 ev'ry highway

And more, much more than this

I did it my way

I loved, I laughed and cried

I’ve had my fill, my shares 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

Yes, there were the 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

Regrets, I have a few

But then again, too few to mention

I did what I have to do

And saw it through without exemption

I planned each chartered course

Each careful step along the byway

And more, much more than this

I did it my way

For what is a man, what has he got?

If not himself, then he has naught

To say the things he truly feels

Than not the words of one who kneels

The record shows, I took the blows

I did it my way

• Artist:Jenny Tseng