In Memory of Cloclo (February 1939 Egypt -March 1978 France) (( 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 )) Claude Antoine Marie François (1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, songwriter and dancer, The son of a French father and an Calabrian mother, François was born in Egypt, in the city of Ismaïlia, where his father, Aimé François (1908–1961), was working as a shipping traffic controller on the Suez Canal , François wrote and composed Comme dhabitude, the original version of My Way 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 I 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 , I saw it through without exemption I planned each charted course, each careful step along the highway And 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 And 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, 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 naught The right to say the things he feels and not the words of one who kneels The record shows I took the blows and did it my way! Francis Albert Frank Sinatra (December ,1915 – May , 1998)
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