The flowers are faded now Along with your letters They will never See the light of day ‘Cause I'll never take them out And there's no turning back It's for the better Baby I deserve More than empty words and promises I believed everything you said And I gave you the best I had So take a bow ‘Cause you've taken everything else You played the part And like a star you played it so well Take a bow ‘Cause this 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 It made me stronger now So take a bow ‘Cause you've taken everything else You played the part And like a star you played it so well Take a bow ‘Cause this scene is coming to an end I gave you love All you gave me was pretend So now Take a bow Well it must of been sleight of hand ‘Cause I still can't understand How 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 won't be around So baby before I put you out So take a bow ‘Cause you've taken everything else You played the part And like a star you played it so well Take a bow ‘Cause this scene is coming to an end I gave you love All you gave me was pretend So now Take a bow So take a bow ‘Cause you've taken everything else You played the part And like a star you played it so well Take a bow ‘Cause this scene is coming to an end I gave you love All you gave me was pretend So now Take a bow So take a bow