Written by dianne warren (1998)   Performed by whitney houston      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 around baby)   I decline to take the pain   I resign the masquerade and   I bow out (I won't be staying around 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 - yeah   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'm gonna make, I'm gonna make my exit now      Hook      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 wish you'd been   The kind of man you should have been   Now watch me say goodbye and walk right out of your life      Hook 3 times