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Love Is A Losing Game Lyrics — Sam Smith | Dork

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Love Is A Losing Game Lyrics

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Love Is A Losing Game

From In The Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition)2015

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Love Is A Losing Game

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 And 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

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About this track

"Love Is A Losing Game" is a song by Sam Smith from the album In The Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition), released in 2015. The song was written by Amy Winehouse. It was produced by Jimmy Napes, Steve Fitzmaurice.

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