[Verse 1]
For you, I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing game
One I wish I never played
Oh, what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
(Oh, love is a losing game)

[Verse 2]
I was played out by the band
Love is a losing hand
It was more, more than I could stand
Love is a losing hand
Self-professed, profound
Until the chips were down
But I'm a gambling man
Love is a losing hand
(Love is a losing hand)

[Verse 3]
Though I battle blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Lovе is a fate resigned
Ovеr futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game