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
So they call me a moonlight gambler
Well, I've gambled for love and lost
When I gamble for love but 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,
Till the day Lady Luck smiles down on me
Well, you can gamble for match sticks,
You can gamble for gold
Stakes may be heavy or small
But if you haven't gambled for love and lost,
Well, 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,
Till the day Lady Luck smiles down on me
So they call me the moonlight gambler
Yes, they call me the moonlight gambler