sábado, 13 de febrero de 2010

nina simone -my way








AND NOW, THE END IS HERE,
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 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.

YES, IT WAS MY WAY.

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