I Did It My Way
Look at me do you see
All the things I want you to see
You're telling me, sure I know you so well
But you just act when you are back against the wall
What is true what is fake
Everything that you make or you take
It's plain to see
Image wise you're okay
But is there anything inside of you?
Hear me say:
"I don't wanna do the things you say
I don't wanna play the game you play
I just wanna be myself and walk the road without pretending"
I just wanna live my life, be true
So many things there are that I will do
When I'm looking back the road at least I can say:
"I did it my way!"
There you are once again
Telling me how the things all should be
And that I care far too much about my art
"Cause you know they will never understand"
I am me, I cannot be, what I'm not
I am real and I feel, but you can never stop, you forgot
Cause no one's gonna tell me what to do
Hear me say:
"I don't wanna do the things you say
I don't wanna play the game you play
I just wanna be myself and walk the road without pretending"
I just wanna live my life, be true
So many things there are that I will do
When I'm looking back the road at least I can say:
"I did it my way!"
"I don't wanna do the things you say
I don't wanna play the game you play
I just wanna be myself and walk the road without pretending"
I just wanna live my life, be true
So many things there are that I will do
When I'm looking back the road
I did it my way!
All the things I want you to see
You're telling me, sure I know you so well
But you just act when you are back against the wall
What is true what is fake
Everything that you make or you take
It's plain to see
Image wise you're okay
But is there anything inside of you?
Hear me say:
"I don't wanna do the things you say
I don't wanna play the game you play
I just wanna be myself and walk the road without pretending"
I just wanna live my life, be true
So many things there are that I will do
When I'm looking back the road at least I can say:
"I did it my way!"
There you are once again
Telling me how the things all should be
And that I care far too much about my art
"Cause you know they will never understand"
I am me, I cannot be, what I'm not
I am real and I feel, but you can never stop, you forgot
Cause no one's gonna tell me what to do
Hear me say:
"I don't wanna do the things you say
I don't wanna play the game you play
I just wanna be myself and walk the road without pretending"
I just wanna live my life, be true
So many things there are that I will do
When I'm looking back the road at least I can say:
"I did it my way!"
"I don't wanna do the things you say
I don't wanna play the game you play
I just wanna be myself and walk the road without pretending"
I just wanna live my life, be true
So many things there are that I will do
When I'm looking back the road
I did it my way!
Credits
Writer(s): Shawn Carter, Gilles Thibaut, Claude Francois, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka, Chuck Stanton, Jimmy Kendrix
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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