May I have you attention please?
You will all get your turn
Young lady, please step up and tell me your name
Uh, Alta Dustin
Miss Dustin
Will you please tell me something about yourself?
(This is life, life A.D.)
(Life A.D., yeah)
(Life A.D., yeah)
So you wanna talk? Okay, let's see, uh
You wanna know a little something about me?
I was born in Heidelberg, that's in Germany
There was Mom and Dad, Rick and Sharon, Larry and me
I was the baby, the youngest army brat
And I guess we were pretty normal if you could call it that
But what do you еxpect? I mean, a child of the sixtiеs
And believe or not, my parents names Dick and Dixie
Dick and Dixie Dustin?
Mhmm, I see
(Life A.D., yeah)
So your father was in the army?
Oh, yeah, well
Dad was active duty so we moved around a lot
A CW3, I think he got shot a couple times in the back
Vietnam War
I was only 5, or maybe I was 4
Anyway, he's okay
Except he drinks the day away
And I would play like a little soldier
I guess I didn't understand until I was older
Mhmm, and your mother?
Mom? She was cool
Fixed us lunch and sent us off to school
Did all the kinds of things that mothers usually do
I guess you never realize the kind of hell you put them through
I mean, she was a saint, a religious fanatic
And Dad was becoming, well, sort of an addict
So we had to make a choice, it was one or the other
And I guess she didn't want a bad example for my brother
(This is life, life A.D.)
Bad example, mhmm
So what exactly did your mother decide to do?
(Life A.D., yeah)
There was only one solution
Dad couldn't put the bottle down
We packed a few possessions
And she got us out of town
(This is life, life A.D.)
Hmm, got you out of town
It sounds easy, but I was really bummed
Because I couldn't figure out why Rick and Dad weren't comin'
See, I was 13 and it hadn't occurred to me
That this time really meant D-I-V-O-R-C-E
It was me, two dogs
My sister and my brother, guinea pig
And a station wagon driven by my mother
We moved to Utah to be with family
And found a tiny little house outside of Salt Lake City
You know, to start a new life?
Life A.D
(This is life, life A.D.)
Okay now, Dad in the army
Mom moved the kids to
Excuse me, sir, there's no smoking up here
(Life A.D., yeah)
(Life A.D.)
Now where were we?
Okay, let's see
That was only the beginning
After a long losing streak
I learned the meaning of winning
You see, I was down, I really let myself go
I guess my confidence was suffering from an all-time low
You know, the feeling when you're out on a limb
I was falling fast and it was time to sink or swim
So I got my strength together what little I had
And looking back through everything
I can be glad 'cause
It's from the bad times you really learn a lot
And it helps you figure out what you got
Or what you got not
And then it happened like a falling brick
It hit me on the head
I know that music was the ticket
(Oh, no)
Was it something I said?
(Oh, no)
Don't mind him
(Oh, no)
Would somebody tell that guy to shut up?
Anyway, as a new kid
It was hard to make a friend
But by writing songs
It was the beginning of the end
You see, I found other people that I could relate to
When you're singin' and dancin'
Well, then no one can hate you
When you sing in church
In clubs or on the street
You really wouldn't believe
The kind of people you can meet
But before too long
We had this kind of reputation
And I must say
I didn't mind the public adulation
Public adulation? Mhmm
Now, somewhere along the way
You ended in New York
How'd that happen?
My brother had this band
Where they dressed like gangsters
He put me out in front
And called it Spanky and the Wankers
We did as a joke, but somehow it caught on
And before I knew it
We were giggin' and goin' pretty strong along
When one night, and I ain't lyin'
I was singin' along
When I was approached by this guy
(Jason)
And his friends said that they were from
A big record label
And would I like to join them
For their drink at their table?
I was like, yeah, right, give me a break
Handed me his card
And I started to shake
That's how it started and now here I am
Just doin' my thing, but that's how it begin
And it seems to me
That life's a series of beginnings
Like a baseball game
With never-ending innings
Sometimes you play it safe
Sometimes you gotta gamble
So excuse me, please
If my philosophies began to ramble
(This is life, life A.D.)
You gotta make it what you are
And what I am is what I'll be
So what I've chosen is my own life
And this is life A.D
(This is life, life A.D.)
(Life A.D., yeah)
(Life A.D., yeah)
(This is life, life A.D.)
Your papers seem in order
And you've gotten this far somehow
(Life A.D., yeah)
(Life A.D., yeah)
Take these with you to that office
(Life A.D.)
God will see you now
