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My Way


“My Way,” popularized by Frank Sinatra in 1969, is set to the music of the French song “Comme d’habitude,” composed by Jacques Revaux with lyrics by Gilles Thibaut and Claude François. The English lyrics were written by Paul Anka and are unrelated to the original French song. In this timeless ballad, Sinatra reflects on a life lived fully, facing challenges, regrets, and triumphs. The haunting melody and heartfelt lyrics have made it an enduring classic.

My Way - Frank Sinatra

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And now the end is near
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And so I face the final curtain
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My friend, I'll say it clear
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I'll state my case of which I'm certain

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I've lived a life that's full
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I traveled each and every highway
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And more, much more than this
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I did it my way

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Regrets, I've had a few
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But then again, too few to mention
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I did what I had to do
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And saw it through without exemption

f# g f# g a g |I've planned each charted course
a e g f f f e g f |Each careful step along the byway
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And more, much more than this
b1 c d d c |I did it my way

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Yes there were times,
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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
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when there was doubt
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I ate it up
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and spit it out

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I faced it all
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and I stood tall
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And did it my way

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I've loved,
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I've laughed and cried
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I've had my fill,
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my share of losing
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And now
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as tears subside
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I find it all
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so amusing

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To think
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I did all that
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And may I say,
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not in a shy way
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Oh no,
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oh no, not me
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I did it my way

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For what is a man,
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what has he got?
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If not himself,
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then he has not
a b c c To say the things
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he truly feels
b c d d And not the words
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of one who kneels

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The record shows,
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I took the blows
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And did it my way