One's Way

 And now the end is near and One must face One's last red carpet

Subjects One will make it clear then One will pause for tea and crumpets

To think One did all that and may One say not in a fun way

Oh no, oh no not One - One did it One's way

Regrets, One has a few and what they are One need not mention

Flick through any tabloid - discard the half that's pure invention

To think One would do such things? Well may One say and say quite plainly

Such things just weren't done in One's day

For what is One - what has One got?

A handbag - a palace - you know, One used to have a yacht

To say apt words to those who kneel

Then stand for hours in stiff court heels

To say 'is not' and never 'ain't' 

To think the world smells of fresh paint

To have Americans call One quaint

One has done it One's way