Take a Bow

"Take a Bow" is a mid-1990s hit from American singer Madonna. It is taken from her album Bedtime Stories, which was released in 1994. The song landed on the number one spot for seven weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 charts, a record high for Madonna.

Co-written by R&B singer Babyface, who also provided backup vocals for the song, it converses on a person that pretends to be in love with another person when there's someone around.

Take a Bow

Take a bow, the night is over
This masquerade is getting older
Lights are low, the curtains down
There's no one here
(There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd)
Say your lines but do you feel them
Do you mean what you say when there's no one around (no one around)
Watching you, watching me, one lonely star
(One lonely star you don't know who you are)

(Chorus)

Ive always been in love with you (always with you)
I guess you've always known its true (you know its true)
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye

Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye

Make them laugh, it comes so easy
When you get to the part
Where you're breaking my heart (breaking my heart)
Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown
(Just make 'em smile the whole world loves a clown)
Wish you well, I cannot stay
You deserve an award for the role that you played (role that you played)
No more masquerade, you're one lonely star
(One lonely star and you dont know who you are)

(Repat Chorus)

Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye

All the world is a stage (world is a stage)
And everyone has their part (has their part)
But how was I to know which way the story go
How was I to know youd break
(You'd break, you'd break, you'd break)
You'd break my heart

I've always been in love with you
(I've always been in love with you)
Guess you've always known
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye

(Repat chorus)

Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye
Say good-bye