(I Did It) My Way
Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Jay Z, Herman Brood, Shirley Bassey, Sex Pistols, Inglebert Humperdinck

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|    And | now, the end is | near; and so I | face the final | curtain. My |
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| friend, I'll say it | clear, I'll state my | case, of which I'm | certain. I've |
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| lived a life that's | full. I've traveled | each and ev'ry | highwa a ay; and |
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| more, much more than | this, I did it | my | way. Re | grets, I've had a |
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| few; but then a | gain, too few to | mention. I | did what I had to | do and saw it |
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| through without e x | emption.  I | planned each chartered | course; each careful |
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| step along the | byway, but | more, much more than | this, I did it | my |

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| way.  Yes, there were | times, I'm sure you | knew, when I bit | off more than I |
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| c'chew. But through it | all, when there was | doubt, I ate it | up and spit it |
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| out. I faced it | all and I stood | tall; and did it | my | way. I've |
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| loved, I've laughed and | cried. I've had my | fill; my share of | losing. And |
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| now, as tears sub | side, I find it | all so a | musing. To | think I did all |
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| that; and may I | say - not in a | shy way, no, | no, oh no not | me, I did it |
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| my |

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| way. For what is a | man, what has he | got?  If not him | self, then he has |
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| naught. To say the | things he truly | feels; and not the | words of one who |
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| kneels. The record | shows I took the | blows - and did it | my | way!    |
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End with:
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|  I  did | it    my |     |  way.   |      |

Old Time Favorite Songs
From August 21, 2006

   
Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley (Bad together!)                                                                                         Elvis Presley

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