For you, I was a flame Love is a losing game Five story fire as you came Love is a losing game One I wished I never played Oh, what a mess we made And now, the final frame Love is a losing game Played out by the band Love is a losing hand More than I could stand Love is a losing hand Self-professed, profound 'Til the chips were down Know you're a gambling man Love is a losing hand Though I battle blind Love is a fate resigned Memories mar my mind Love is a fate resigned Over futile odds And laughed at by the gods And now, the final frame Love is a losing game