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
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  Though the deck is stacked against you
  Win or lose, you have to play
  The hand a life has dealt you
  And It抯 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
  
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  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 it's 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
  
  Repeat Chorus