I Took The High Way: Sing Along

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Formerly 'I Did It My Way'

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I Took The High Way

And now, the end is near

And Now Their End Is Near

(Acts 8:1-4)

And so I face the final curtain.

These In 'The Way' Get My Damnation

(Acts 19:23;24:14)

My friends, I'll say it clear;

Then They Lend Me Their Ears

I'll state my case of which I'm certain.

Before Their Certain Execution

I've lived a life that's full-

I Trained In Jewbie School

I've travelled each and every highway.

Piled High And Deep In Seminary

And more, much more than this,

And What, More Can I Say

I did it my way.

'I Did It My Way'

(Matt. 7:13,14)

Regrets? I've had a few,

Footnotes, I Have A Few

But then again, too few to mention.

Not Quite Enough Through Inquisition

I did what I had to do

I Did What High Dudes Do.

(1 Kings 19:10,14; Is. 1:4-10; Matt. 23:34-39)

And saw it through without exemption.

From Ivory Towers And Full Exemptions

I planned each charted course -

I Planned With No Remorse

Each careful step along the byway,

As With The Long Damascus Highway

(Acts 9:1-8)

And more, much more than this,

And What, More Can I Say

I did it my way.

"I Did It My Way"

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,

Yes, There Were Times, I'm Sure God Knew

When I bit off more than I could chew,

When I Knew More Than I Would Do.

But through it all, when there was doubt,

"But Through It All, When There Was Doubt."

I ate it up and spit it out.

I Stopped My Ears, Began To Shout.

(Acts 7:56-60)

I faced it all and I stood tall

My Name Is Saul, And I Stood Tall

And did it my way.

"And Did It My Way."

I've loved, I've laughed and cried,

They Love, They Laugh, Then Die

I've had my fill - my share of losing.

I've Had Enough, Their Lives They're Losing.

But now, as tears subside,

'But Now, As Fears Subside

I find it all so amusing.

I Start My New Jew Accusing.

To think I did all that,

'To Think I Did All That.'

And may I say, not in a shy way-

In A Religious Jew Eat Jew Way.

(1 Kings 19:10,14; Isaiah 1:4ff; Matt. 23)

Oh no. Oh no, not me.

And Oye, Not Like A Goy

I did it my way.

"I Did It My Way."

For what is a man? What has he got?

"For What Is Man? What Has He Got?"

If not himself - Then he has naught.

If Not, In Like Form, He Makes God

To say the things he truly feels

"To Say The Things He Truly Feels"

And not the words of one who kneels.

From Wicked Hearts, Those That Don't Kneel.

The record shows I took the blows

The Record Shows I Held Their Robes

(Acts 7:56-60)

And did it my way.

'They Did It My Way'

Yes, it was my way."

They, Did It My Way.

(Acts 7)

　"Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" 5 "Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied. 6 "Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

(Acts 9)

"And now, the end is near,

"And Now The End Is Near."

(2 Tim. 4:6-8)

And so I face the final curtain.

Here's What I've Done, Since My Conversion

My friends, I'll say it clear;

My Friends, I Said It Clear

I'll state my case of which I'm certain.

Free Of Charge No Segregation.

(If Like Us You Are)

(Convinced, Confident, Persuaded)

I've lived a life that's full -

I've Preached The Word In Full

(Acts 20:27-30)

I've travelled each and every highway.

I've Travelled Each And Every Side Way

(2 Tim. 4)

And more, much more than this,

And What More Can I Say

I did it my way.

I've Lived The Right Way

(2 Tim. 4:6-8)

Regrets? I've had a few,

Regrets, Much More Than You

(1 Cor. 15:9,10; 1 Tim. 1:15,16)

But then again, too few to mention.

'But Then Again', Too Much To Mention

I did what I had to do

The Good I Would, I Did Not Do.

(Romans 7:19-21)

　
And saw it through without exemption.

But Saw It Through With God's Exemptions (Ephesians 2:8-10)

I planned each charted course -

"I Planned Each Charted Course"

Each careful step along the BYWAY,

Each Prayerful Step Along The Hard Ways.

(Matt. 7:13,14)

And more, much more than this,

And What, More Can I Say

I did it my way.

I've Lived The Right Way.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,

Yes, There Were Times, While A New Jew

When I bit off more than I could chew,

When I Learned More Than I Could Do

But through it all, when there was doubt,

"But Through It All, When There Was Doubt."

I ate it up and spit it out.

I Ate It Up And Lived It Out.

I faced it all and I stood tall

My Name Is Paul And That Means 'Small' (Acts )

And did it my way.

Cause It Is God's Way.

I've loved, I've laughed and cried,

I've Loved, I've Laughed, And Died.

(Romans 6:1-14; Gal. 2:20)

I've had my fill - my share of losing.

I Took My Spills, My Share Of Bruisings

(Falling Sound Here:)

But now, as tears subside,

"But Now, As Tears Subside"

I find it all so amusing.

I Find It All To My Glad Choosing.

To think I did all that,

"To Think, I Did All That"

And may I say, not in a shy way-

And May I Say, In Him Not Me Way.

Oh no. Oh no, not me.

God No, God No, Not Me

I did it my way.

I Did It His Way.

For what is a man? What has he got?

"For What Is Man, What Has He Got"

If not himself - Then he has naught.

'If Not' His God-'Then He Has Naught'

To say the things he truly feels

Objective Facts, Faith, Then We Feel.

And not the words of one who kneels.

And With Wisdom Of Those That Kneel

The record shows I took the blows

"The Record Shows" We "Took The Blows"

(2 Cor. 11:23-33)

And did it my way.

And Took The Hard Way

(Matt. 7:13,14)

Yes, it was my way."

This Was The High Way

(2 Corinthians 11:1-15)

I Lived The Right Way

'Live Long And Proper'

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"Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. 2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 BUT I FEAR, LEST BY ANY MEANS, AS THE SERPENT BEGUILED EVE THROUGH HIS SUBTILTY, SO YOUR MINDS SHOULD BE CORRUPTED from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 FOR IF HE THAT COMETH PREACHETH ANOTHER JESUS, WHOM WE HAVE NOT PREACHED , or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received , or another gospel, which ye have not accepted , YE MIGHT WELL BEAR WITH HIM. 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I BE RUDE IN SPEECH, YET NOT IN KNOWLEDGE; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. 7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted , because I HAVE PREACHED TO YOU THE GOSPEL OF GOD FREELY? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. 9 And when I was present with you, and wanted , I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied : and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me , no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth . 12 But what I do , that I will do , that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory , they may be found even as we. 13 FOR SUCH ARE FALSE APOSTLES, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. 17 That which I speak , I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly , in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 20 For ye suffer , if a man bring you into bondage , if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself , if a man smite you on the face. 21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak . Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold , (I speak foolishly ,) I am bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool ) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods , once was I stoned , thrice I suffered shipwreck , a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily , the care of all the churches. 29 Who is weak , and I am not weak ? who is offended , and I burn not? 30 If I must needs glory , I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison , desirous to apprehend me: 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands." (2 Cor. 11)