I look up, it's 10:15,nand what have I achieved?nA dog-end stubbed and an idea scrubbed,nand square one looming dangerously.nI've waited on your favournfor what seems a century,nI've hung round town,nkicked cans around,nThis pauper's life is not for me but...nnHighness how can you blame me?nWhen you play me off against your other loversnHighness how can you blame me?nWhen you play me off against your other loversnnLife flits past my windownlike the shadows 'cross my walls.nPatience stretched,na hopeless wretch lies waiting on your regal call,nAnd ever since the day we first crossed pathsnI must've crossed my heartnA thousand times along these lines,nyet still I worship from afar, but...nnHighness how can you blame me?nWhen you play me off against your other loversnHighness how can you blame me?nWhen you play me off against your other loversnnHow can you say I want you,nHow can you say I need you,nHow can you say I love you,nWhen Highness, you know it's not true?nnHow can you say I want you,nHow can you say I need you,nHow can you say I love you,nWhen it's not true?nn(instrumental)nnHighness how can you blame me?nWhen you play me off against your other loversnHighness how can you blame me?nWhen you play me off against your other loversnnHighness how can you blame me?nWhen you play me off against your other loversnHighness how can you blame me?nWhen you play me off against your other loversnnHow can you say I love you