My Way

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 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,
But 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,
"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!

Writer(s): cahn/van heusen


Today i may not have a thing at all
Except for just a dream or two
But i've got lots of plans for tomorrow
And all my tomorrows belong to you

Right now it may not seem like spring at all
We're drifting and the laughs are few
But i've got rainbows planned for tomorrow
And all my tomorrows belong to you

No one knows better than i
That luck keeps passing me by ... that's fate
But with you there at my side
I'll soon be turrning the tide ... just wait

As long as i've got arms that cling at all
It's you that i'll be clinging to
And all the dreams i dream, beg, or borrow
On some bright tomorrow they'll all come true

And all my bright tomorrows belong to you

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now they look as though they're here to stay,
Oh i believe in yesterday, oh i believe in yesterday.
Suddenly i'm not half the man i used to be.
There's a shadow hanging over me, oh yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go i don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong, now i long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play,
Now i need a place to hide away, oh i believe in yesterday.
Why she had to go i don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong , now i long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play,
Now i need a place to hide away, oh i believe in yesterday.

Writer(s): murden/miller


For once in my life i've got someone who needs me
Someone i've needed so long
For once unafraid i can go where life leads me
And somehow i know i'll be strong

For once i can touch what my heart used to dream of
Long before i knew
Someone warm like you
Could make my dreams come true

For once in my life i won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before
For once i've got someone i know won't desert me
And i'm not alone anymore

For once i can say: "this is mine you can't take it"
As long as i've got love i know i can make it
For once in my life i've got someone who needs me

Let me tell 'bout a gal i know,
She's my baby and she lives next door.
Every morning 'fore the sun comes up,
She brings my coffee in my favorite cup.
That's why i know, yes, i know,
Hallelujah, i just love her so.
When i'm in trouble and i got no friend,
I know she'll go with me down to the end.
Everybody asks me how do i know,
I smile a damn and say she told me so.
That why i know, yes i know,
Hallelujah, i just love her so.
Now if i call her on the telephone,
Tell her that i'm all alone,
By the time i count from one to four,
I hear her on my door.
In the evening when the sun goes down,
When there ain't nobody hanging 'round,
She just kisses me, and then holds me tight.
And tells me, baby, everything's gonna be alright.
That's why i know, yes i know,
Hallelujah, i just love her so.
That's why i know, yes i know,
Hallelujah, i just, i love her so.
That's why i know, yes i know,
Hallelujah, i just love her so.