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My Way, Frank Sinatra (1969, Los Angeles, USA) My way, Frank Sinatra (1969, Los Angeles, USA) 1. Look at the title of the song. a) What is it about? b) Have you ever heard it? c) Do you always do things your way? 2. Do you know Frank Sinatra? What do you think he was like? 3. Cross the words from this Bingo chart while you hear them in the song: curtain highway more doubt tears amusing shy naught kneels 4. Make a drawing or write the meaning of each word: curtain tears highway amusing more shy doubt naught My way, Frank Sinatra (1969) And now, the end is near, And so I face the final curtain, My friend, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case1 of which I'm certain. I've lived a live that's full. I've 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 exemption2. I planned each charted course3, Each careful step along the byway4, 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. But 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 naught5. To say the things he truly feels And not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows6 And did it my way. Yes, it was my way. 1 Justify myself, expose my arguments 2 The state of being exempt. 3 Each mapped path. 4 A side or secondary road. 5 Zero. 6 Accept whatever (bad) has happened to you..
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