My Way - Frank Sinatra

My Way
(Frank Sinatra)
(Claude Francois / Gilles Thibaut / Jacques Revaux / Paul Anka)

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My Way
by Claude Francois / Gilles Thibaut / Jacques Revaux / Paul Anka

Poster My Way

My Way ” is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra set to the music of the French song “Comme d’habitude” composed and written by French songwriters Claude François and Jacques Revaux, performed in 1967 by Claude François. Its English lyrics were written by Paul Anka and are unrelated to the original French song.
The song was a success for a variety of performers including Sinatra, Jocelyne, Elvis Presley, and Sid Vicious. Sinatra’s version of “My Way” spent 75 weeks in the UK Top 40, which is 2nd place all-time.

Lyrics


My Way

And now the end is here
And so I face that final curtain
My friend I’ll make 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
I did it, 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 byway
And more, much, much more
I did it, 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

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself then he has naught
Not to say the things that he truly feels
And not the words of someone who kneels
Let the record shows I took all the blows and did it my way

Songwriters: Paul Anka / Claude Francois / Jacques Revaux / Gilles Thibault