Frank Sinatra
My Way lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1969
- Genre
- Traditional, Ballad
- Length
- 4:36
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 travelled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
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
And saw it through without exemption
I planned each chartered course
Each careful step along the by-way
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've loved, I've laughed, and cried
I've had my fill, my share 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
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
Yes, it was my way
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Key vocabulary
- curtain
- cover at a window/the stageB1
- i'll
- I will (future)A2
- say
- talkA1
- clear
- easy to understandA2
- case
- container; coveringA2
- which
- what oneB1
- i'm
- I am
- i've
- I have
- lived
- had a home; existed
- highway
- main road for carsB1
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About this song
Frank Sinatra was an American singer associated with traditional pop and vocal jazz, born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He is known for his influential mid-20th-century interpretations and reinventions as a major figure in popular music from the 1940s through the 1980s.