I Bow Out

Album: My Love Is Your Love
written by: Diane Warren
Date: November 1998
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I'm tired of playing this game
And I won’t play it no more
And I won’t take it no more 
Through with being your fool
And I won’t do it no more
And I won’t, I won’t keep up this act
Not for one minute
I’m gonna pull, I’m gonna pull this curtain down

This time I won’t play this game
I made a vow to make a change and
I bow out (I won’t be hanging 'round baby)
I decline to take the pain and
I resign the masquerade
I bow out (I won’t be staying 'round baby)
I bow out

Can’t go on with the show
You're just a stage I went through
Now you're just fading from view
Time for a change of scene
Guess I’ll be taking my leave
I guess I won’t, I won’t stay in this play
Not for one minute
I gonna make, I wanna make my exit now

This time I won’t play this game
I made a vow to make a change and
I bow out (I won’t be hanging 'round baby)
I decline to take the pain and
I resign the masquerade and
I bow out (I won’t be staying 'round baby)
I bow out

When you're left standing on that stage all alone
Maybe you will realize 
You should have learned to treat me right
And when this final act is finally through
Maybe you’ll have wished you’d been 
The kind of man you should have been
Now watch me say goodbye
And walk right out of your life

Instrumental Break

Chorus: Fade out