Seems I've played the game for much too long I let people buy my love and I never got to sing my songs for you I had all my bets laid up on you Set your stakes too high, you're bound to lose In the game of love, you pay your dues Say that happiness cannot be measured And only the pain can bring you all life's little pleasures What a joke I was not your woman, I was not your friend But you gave me something to remember No other man said love yourself Nobody else can We weren't meant to be, at least not in this lifetime But you gave me something to remember I hear you still say love yourself I had all my bets laid up on you Set your stakes too high, you're bound to lose In the game of love, I pay my dues Guess I'm waiting for my place in the sun Wish I had the chance to hold you when it wasn't stormy weather What a shame, who's to blame? I was not your woman, I was not your friend But you gave me something to remember No other man said love yourself Nobody else can We weren't meant to be, at least not in this lifetime But you gave me something to remember I hear you still say love yourself I had all my bets laid up on you Set your stakes too high, you're bound to lose In the game of love, I pay my dues *