Written by: Don Stanford
Written by: David Raskin
Arranged by: Nelson Riddle
Label: Capitol Records
Recorded: December 8, 1953
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Love may be a gamble or a lead
pipe cinch,
Leave your heart in shambles,
never give an inch
But however it goes, when it's
under your nose,
Take a chance, take a chance,
take a chance.
Love may be a fire or a puff of
smoke,
Moment of desire or it's
go-for-broke,
But however it's planned when it
closes your hand,
Take a chance, take a chance,
take a chance.
You may be the one in a million
who's lucky to win that prize.
You may be the one in a million
who gets it between the eyes.
Love may the ocean or a drop of
rain,
Choosing as emotion or a
constant pain.
You won't know what you've got
till your heart is on a spot.
Take a chance, take a chance,
take a chance.
Love may be a double or a fate
on balls,
Tiny water buffalo on Niagara
Falls,
Though the cards in the game
never turn up the same,
Take a chance, take a chance,
take a chance.
Love may be a gravel or a
two-ton truck
Regal as a sable or a Donald
Duck,
But you must not avoid what is
basic as Freud,
Take a chance, take a chance,
take a chance.
Love is real devotion or it's
inhumane.
Still without emotion or a
hurricane
So remembering this, when it's
close as a kiss,
Take a chance, take a chance on
love,
Here's your chance, grab that
chance, here is love.