A Gamble Either Way

Being born was the worse and the first mistake I ever made
 The doctor didn't spank me
 He just slapped me in the face
 And the cup of love was always quenching someone else's thirst
 Leaving me to swallow the bitter taste of hurt
 'Cause I was raised an orphan
 Never wanted as a kid
 Until the year I turned 13
 Then everybody did
 Strangers pass me back and forth
 Men just took me as they pleased
 And others had a cinderella slave to cook and clean and weep
 Though the deck is stacked against you
 Win or lose, you have to play
 The hand a life has dealt you
 And it's a gamble either way
 On a dust road at 15 in a yellow cotton dress
 With the desert sun like an angry dragon breathing down my neck
 And the dry cracked plains would make me think of a prehistoric time
 Or should I fear what lay before me less than what I'd left behind
 A 15 year old girl don't have no trouble hitching rides
 But sometimes when you're riding free
 You'll pay the highest price
 On back roads and in back seats
 And in a cheap highway motel
 But what's a few more strangers in a life of nothing else
 Though the deck is stacked against you
 Win or lose, you have to play
 The hand a life has dealt you
 And it's a gamble either way
 16 caught me crying, underneath the scarlet light
 On the door steps of a stranger on a cold and rainy night
 When I walked into the parlour here
 Other pieces seemed to fit
 I was good at pleasing strangers
 So I made the most of it
 Either way its all a gamble
 So view the stakes and know the odds
 And lay your cards upon the table
 Do all the dealing from the top
 Though the deck is stacked against you
 Win or lose, you have to play
 The hand a life has dealt you
 And it's a gamble either way
 Yeah, it's a gamble either way