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 deserved more then empty words and promises
I believed every thing 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 (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 made me stronger now

So take a bow
Cause you've taken everything else (everything else)
You played the part and
Like a star you played it so well (played it so well) (oh oh oh)
So take a bow (take a bow)
Cause this scene is coming to an end
I gave you love
All you gave me was pretend (so now)
So now
Take a bow

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

So take a bow (oh oh oh)
Cause you've taken everything else (you've taken everything else)
You played the part and
Like a star you played it so well (played it so well, so well)
Take a bow (oh)
Cause this scene is coming to an end (yeah)
I gave you love
All you gave me was pretend (so now)
So now
Take a bow

Take a bow (oh oh ooh)
Cause you've taken everything else (yeah ah yeah)
You played the part and (I gave you one more chance)
Like a star you played it so well (played it so well) (I gave you all my love)
Take a bow
Cause this scene is coming to an end (the end)
I gave you love
All you gave me was pretend (ooh ooh ooh)
So now (oh oh yeah)
Take a bow