Kim Carnes

Songwriter: Val Garay Kim Carnes Dave Ellingson Bill Cuomo

Producer: Val Garay

Sleight of hand
Hand of Fate
Chance you take
Life's a snake

And it's all in the draw of the cards

Lightnin' strikes
Breath of life
Red, black or white
Watch 'em fall

And it's all in the draw of the cards
And it's all in the draw of the cards

Drop the cards
Watch the eyes
Down and dirty
Let 'em ride

Boulevard
Small cafe
Cavaliers
Pass the day

The joker laughs
From the street
He weaves his web
Bittersweet… bittersweet… bittersweet… bittersweet… bittersweet

Ace is high
Deuce is low
Take the first
The rest should go

And it's all in the draw of the cards
And it's all in the draw of the cards
Of the cards of the cards of the cards of the cards of the cards
Of the cards of the cards of the cards of the cards of the cards of the cards
Watch the cards… watch the cards… watch the cards…

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.

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