Over the last two years, I've thought a lot about how certain situations could have turned out better or worse if life had dealt me a different hand or if I'd reacted differently to the hand I was dealt. Thinking this way sparked my memory of a song's chorus that hadn't come to mind in decades, "And it's allllll in the draw--of the cards."
Kim Carnes is best known for huge 1981 hit, "Bette Davis Eyes," and her duets with Kenny Rogers, "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer" and "What About Me?" Another hit of hers, however, that never gets played today debuted shortly after MTV launched. "Draw Of The Cards" is possibly remembered more as a theatrical video than as a song. Its lyrics, however, are a fitting metaphor for life's unpredictability. Carnes talk-sings, in her unique rasp, about the huge role fate plays in our lives.
"And it's allllll in the draw--of the cards," indeed. Listen to the tune, and hear how much that rings true.
