I'm so close, I'm just a small step behind

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've traveled 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 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 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!

I did it my way.