and now the end is near and so i face the final curtain my friends 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 i saw with through without exemption i planned each chartered course each careful steps along the by-way