اقتباس:You're sleeping son, I know
But, really, this can't wait
I wanted to explain
Before it gets too late
For your mother and me
Love has finally died
This is no happy home
But God knows how I've tried

Because you're all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy

I know it's hard to understand
Why did we ever start?
We're more like strangers now
Each acting out a part
I have laughed, I have cried
I have lost every game
Taken all I can take
But I'll stay just the same

Because you're all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy

Sleep on, you haven't heard a word
Perhaps it's just as well
Why spoil your little dreams
Why put you through the hell
Life is no fairytale
As one day you will know
But now you're just a child
I'll stay her and watch you grow

Because you're all I have, my boy
You are my life, my pride, my joy
And if I stay, I stay because of you, my boy

اقتباس:Now when you climb into your bed tonight
And when you lock and bolt the door
Just think about those out in the cold and dark
’cause there’s not enough love to go ’round
No there’s not enough love to go ’round

And sympathy is what we need my friends
And sympathy is what we need
And sympathy is what we need my friends
’cause there’s not enough love to go ’round
No there’s not enough love to go ’round

Now half the world hates the other half
And half the world has all the food
And half the world lies down and quietly starves
’cause there’s not enough love to go ’round
No there’s not enough love to go ’round
No there’s not enough love to go ’round
No there’s not enough love to go ’round

And sympathy is what we need my friends
And sympathy is what we need
And sympathy is what we need my friends
’cause there’s not enough love to go ’round
No there’s not enough loveNo there’s not enough love to go ’round

اقتباس: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 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 exception
I planned each chartered course
Each careful step alone the by way
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 face 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 loosing
And the now as tears subside
I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that and my 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 truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way
The record shows I took the blowsAnd did it my way

اقتباس:أقترح سماعها أولاً من بول أنكا:
Paul Anka - My Way - Click To Review
لاحظوا تقريع مقدم الحفل لبول حول أسلوبه في بداياته أيام الخمسينات، وتحديداً أغنية "ديانا".

وهذه روابط لمغنين آخرين:
Elvis Presley - My Way
غناها إلفيس أيضاً في حفل سمي لاحقاً Final Concert لأنه أحياه قبل وفاته بشهر، وكأنه يتحدث ع حياته في هذه الأغنية:
Elvis Presley - My Way - The Last Concert

Engelbert Humperdinck - My Way - 2004 - Malysia

Pavarotti & Sinatra - My Way - فيديو استعراض صور SlideShow.

Paul Anka - My Way - تسجيل قديم جميل لبول أنكا.

Tom Jones - My Way - حفل حي.

My way - By Tom Jones - SlideShow

Shirley Bassey - My Way

وللإنصاف، هذه هي الأغنية الأصلية بالفرنسية:
Claude François - Comme d'habitude
أغنية تتحدث عن تشاؤم صاحبها لأن كل شيء سيء، "كالعادة".