The Statler Brothers — One Takes the Blame

When it's over And God knows as well as we it is When we pack up and stack up What's hers and what's his When we make up The stories that cover up the shame They never will believe We simply fell out of love So one takes the bow one takes the blame It won't be easy To throw away so many years and smile But don't feel guilty We gave it our best for awhile But the story we tell our friends Must always be the same Cause they never would believe It was really no one's fault One takes the bow one takes the blame One takes the bow one takes the blame That's the way you have to play the game Your friends need someone They can talk about and blame And God forbid for my friends need the same Ain't that a shame When we get lonely And lonely we'll get now and then Just remember that somewhere We both still have a friend Love's not forever And ours went as gently as it came So for all the years I've loved you And you know I really loved you You take the bow I'll take the blame You take the bow I'll take the blame