The flowers are faded now, along with your letters
They will never see the light of day, 'cause I'll never take them out
There's no turning back, it's for the better
Baby I deserve more then empty words and promises
I believed every thing you said, and I gave you the best I had

[Chorus]
So take a bow, 'cause you've taken everything else
You played the part, like a star you played it so well
Take a bow, 'cause the scene is coming to an end
I gave you love, all you gave me was pretend, so now take a bow

The future's about to change, before you know it,
The curtain closes, take a look around,
There's no one in the crowd, I'm throwing away the pain,
And you should know that your performance made me strong enough

[Chorus]

Well it must have been slight of hand, 'cause I still can't understand
Why I could never see, just what a fool believes
But the lies they start to show, tell me how does it feel to know, right now
That I wont be around, so baby before I put you out

[Chorus: x2]

Take a bow...

Writer : WILKINS, WAYNE / TEDDER, RYAN B / WATTERS, SAMUEL J / BIANCANIELLO, LOUIS
Copyright : Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC