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 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 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 Yes it was my way

I was never spellbound by a starry sky What is there to moon glow, when love has passed you by Then there came a midnight and the world was new Now here am I so spellbound, darling Not by stars, but just by you At last my love has come along My lonely days are over and life is like a song At Last the skies above are blue My heart was wrapped in clover the night I looked at you I found a dream that I can speak to A dream that I can call my own I found a thrill to press my cheek to A thrill I've never known You smiled and then the spell was cast And here we are in Heaven For you are mine at last At last my love has come along My lonely days are over and life is like a song At last the skies above are blue My heart was wrapped in clover the night I looked at you I found a dream that I can speak to A dream that I can call my own I found a thrill to press my cheek to A thrill I've never known You smiled and then the spell was cast And here we are in Heaven

Love letters straight from your heart Keep us so near while apart I'm not alone in the night When I can have all the love you write I memorize ev'ry line I kiss the name that you sign And, darling, then I read again right from the start Love letters straight from your heart Keep us so near while apart I'm not alone in the night When I can have, when I can have all the love you write I memorize ev'ry line I kiss the name that you sign And, darling, then I read again right from the start Love letters straight from your heart (love letters) Ooh, babe Love letters straight from your heart Oh, baby Love letters straight from your heart Ooh, baby (love letters) Love letters straight from your heart Oh, baby (love letters) Love letters straight from your heart Oh, baby (love letters) Straight from your heart Thank you

Don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come from Clarendon (You are an African) And if you come from Portland (You are an African) And if you come from Westmoreland, you're an African So don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come Trinidad (You are an African) And if you come from Nassau (You are an African) And if you come from Cuba (You're an African) So don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind your complexion There is no rejection You're an African 'Cause if your 'plexion high, high, high If your 'plexion low, low And if your 'plexion in between, you're an African So don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind denomination That is only segregation You're an African 'Cause if you go to the Catholic (You are an African) And if you go to the Methodist (You are an African) And if you go to the Church of Gods, you are an African So don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man, you're an African No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African 'Cause if you come from Brixton (You are an African) And if you come from Weesday (You are an African) And if you come from Wingstead (You are an African) And if you come from France (You are an African) And if you come from Brooklyn (You are an African) And if you come from Queens (You are an African) And if you come from Manhattan (You are an African) And if you come from Canada (You are an African) And if you come from Miami (You are an African) And if you come from Switzerland (You are an African) And if you come from Germany (You are an African) And if you come from Russia (You are an African) And if you come from Taiwan (You are an African)