Spoken...

you can gamble

for matchsticks

you can gamble for gold

the stakes may be

heavy or small

But if you haven't gambled

for love and lost

then you haven't

gambled at all

Start singing...

they call me the

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

So I'll gamble for love

just as long as I live

'til the day lady luck

smiles at me

You can gamble

for matchsticks

you can gamble for gold

the stakes may be

heavy or small

But if you haven't gambled

for love and lost

then you haven't

gambled at all

No, if you haven't gambled

for love in the moonlight

then you haven't

gambled at all

So I'll gamble for love

just as long as I live

'til the day lady luck

smiles at me

They call me the

moonlight gambler

they call me the

moonlight gambler...