Repent, the End is not near – it’s here!

29.12.2008 von Heinz.

Entwarnung vorweg: ganz so dramatisch gestaltet sich die Lage nicht!

Wer könnte (s)ein nahendes Ende gefühl- und stimmungsvoller interpretieren als Frank Sinatra? Das Leben liegt, im Gegensatz zur aktuellen Situation von “Frankie Boy”, noch vor uns, aber das alte Jahr geht, was mittlerweile auch der Letzte konstatieren muss, ganz eindeutig seinem Ende entgegen. Diese Gelegenheit möchte ich nutzen, mich bei allen Lesern für ihre Neugier und Interesse, aber auch bei meinen schreibenden Mitstreitern und bloggenden Weggefährten herzlich für die entgegengebrachte Zusammenarbeit zu bedanken.

Kommt allesamt gesund in ein glückliches, erfolgreiches Neues Jahr 2009!

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, Ill say it clear,
Ill state my case, of which Im certain.

Ive lived a life thats full.
Ive traveled each and evry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets, Ive 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,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, Im 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.

Ive loved, Ive laughed and cried.
Ive 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,
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 naught.
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!

Source: Francis Albert Sinatra, “My Way”

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