One Takes The Blame - The Statler Brothers

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