You can gamble for match sticks,

You can gamble for gold.

The stakes may be heavy or small.

But if you haven't gambled for love and lost,

You haven't gambled at all.

They call me a moonlight gambler

I've gambled for love and lost

When I gamble for love and it isn't in the cards

Oh, what heartaches it can cost me

Win or lose, I'm a moonlight gambler

And a winner is what I long to be

You can gamble for match sticks

You can gamble for gold

The stakes may be heavy or small

But if you haven't gambled for love and lost

No, if you haven't gambled for love in the moonlight