My Way

Melodi: C. Francois/J. Revaux 1968 - Tekst: Paul Anka 1968

Originaltitel: Comme D'Habitude

 

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 ev'ry 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 charted course,

each careful step along the 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've loved, I've loved 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 not,

to say the things he truely feels,

and not the words of one who knows.

The record shows, I to ok the blows,

and did it my way.

 

 

Denne sang blev udødeliggjort af Frank Sinatra, film­skuespiller og 'crooner' - en betegnelse for en særlig type sangere, der synger meget intimt og lavmælt som fx også Bing Crosby. Frank Sinatra blev kendt un­der tilnavnene 'The Voice' og 'Old Blue-eyes' og fik en lang række hits. Han døde i 1998.