Album: My Way (1969)

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• And now, the end is near
  And so I face the final curtain
  My friend, I'll say it clear
  And I 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, 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
  
  And I planned each charted course
  Each careful step along life's byway
  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 loved, I laughed, I cried
  Had my fill, my share of losing
  And now, as tears subside
  I find it all so amusing
  
  Just 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 naught
  To say the things he truly feels
  And not the words of one who kneels
  The record shows I took the blows
  And did it my way
  
  To say the things he truly feels
  And not the words of one who kneels
  The record shows I took the blows
  And did it my, my way Writer/s: Claude Francois, Gilles Thibaut, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 21

• Cdavis from IllinoisI can hardly think of a song that is more antithetical to the Bible's gospel of grace than this song. The song is often sung beautifully, but the underlying message is miserable.
• Daniela from Thousand Oaks CaI love Frank Sinatra, he sings very well. I also like Gene Kelly too, he tap dances very well.
• Tombogash from AnonFor many yrs..I have rewritten My Way..More suitable probably to Frank liking..no answer from Reprise company..so I take it with me knowing it was much better.. I'm 82 do many of Sinatra songs..I enjoyed taking Frank around 50 + yrs ago in my Limo..on a few occasions in NYC when he would come in from Palm Springs Ca....Ali fight 3/8/71 with him & Burt ..Jilly's & other favorite stops..in early 70s. Too bad new lyrics will die unknown to be acknowledge
• Stuart from AustraliaI movingly crooned this beautiful song at my father's funeral. there wasn't a dry eye in the church
• Ron James from Hattiesburg MsElvis Presley covered this song with more grace and dignity than anyone else. Might I also add the song covers Elvis more than any other song he ever sang. He was toward his final curtain when he added this song to his concert repertoire.
• Lee-anne Willey from AustraliaThe film clip to Frank Sinatra's song "My Way" shows immigrants coming to America. Its so beautiful and very moving. Who is the little boy that turns and then gives a big smile? He is so beautiful.
• Adrian Chan from MalaysiaIt is the personal favorite or the theme song of former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad.
• Budoshi from Sandnessjøen, NorwayFrank Sinatra's staple song....
• Ken from Pittsburgh, PaI hate this song, pure and simply. What does it say about a song that when the singer that popularized it does not want to perform it? It says "this song sucks!!"
• Mark from Worcester, MiHector I think the meaning can be whatever you're feeling. Even somewhat straight verse takes many meanings IMO. Depends where you're at.
• Hector from Montreal, QcGuys I got a question ;
  In the part of this beautiful song where we can hear:
  "When there was doubt
  I ate it up
  And spit it out"
  Is it possible that there are two meanings for this part?
  1.- I ate up the doubt and I was so strong that I could control it and just spit it out.
  2.- I ate up the doubt others may have about me and by my way to succede on things I spit that doubt in their face.
  
  Voilà! That would be the question ;)
  gracias! :)
• Eric from Camas, WaBad Karaoke bar performances of this song have resulted in the murder of its singers in southeast Asian and polynesian countries.
• Ken from Louisville, KyBritish funeral directors said this was the song most requested by men to be played at their funerals.
• Frankie from Richmond, InWhen Bobby Knight broke the NCAA Men's Basketball wins record, during his speech they played this song. It was incredible.
• Sara from Silver Spring, Mdit wasn't after Elvis' "death" he just left the building and quit singing... Yeah thank you very much.
• John from Dundee, United KingdomDavid Bowie used the chords from theoriginal French Song as the basis of "Life On Mars"
• Ken from Louisville, KyIn his 1974 concert and television "comeback" at Madison Square Garden, Sinatra knew the crowd was waiting for him to sing this song, even though he no longer wanted to. So he told the crowd "I'm singing this under protest". And then sang it.
• Syn from California City, CaDid Sid Vicious ever do this song with the Sex Pistols? Though it was included on a (post) Sex Pistols album, I've always known this song to be Vicious along with Mick Jones (the Clash) on guitar and a couple of the guys from the New York Dolls, done after the Pistols broke up.
• Arsenio from San Antonio, TxI have to agree with Frank Sinatra that this song is self-serving and self-indulgent. As a musician I have had to play this stupid song behind too many bozos who think they are Frank Sinatras, and they get so serious and dramatic that it embarrasses me. Sorry, Frank, but it does seem to fit him; and I wouldn't be embarrassed if I was playing it and HE was singing it! It's not THAT bad.
• Sara from Silver Spring, MdI heard somewhere that the French guy who wrote it was electrocuted after singing the English version. It's a shame that the song has been sung by singers towards the end of their lives or careers. There is a comic moment in the film Happy Feet where the Adelie penguin voiced by Robin Williams is singing the Spanish version and
  Mumbles (Elijah Wood) the penguin who can dance but not sing is trying to fool his girlfriend
  by thinking he can finally sing!
• Guy from Woodinville, WaIt's ironic that so many people--Frank, Elvis, Paul Anka, etc.--have all recorded the same song about how unique they are. It's interesting that Frank didn't like the song, since it seems to be custom-written for his ego and history. Oh well, his delivery is one for the ages.

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