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This Is My Life | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | The Cast of Pretty Woman: The Musical | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Jim Vallance Bryan Adams |
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| Date Written: | January-March 2017, New York and London | ||||||||||||
| Album: | Pretty Woman: The Musical (Atlantic Records / 2018) | ||||||||||||
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Vocal: Samantha Barks |
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Will Van Dyke: keyboards, conductor, music supervisor, orchestrator and arranger |
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Produced by Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams. Recorded and edited by Derik Lee at Power Station and Atlantic Studios, New York (assisted by Ebonie Smith, Joe Pomarico, Dan Fyfe, Brett Mayer, Neal Shaw).
Mixed by Neal Avron at The Casita, Hollywood, CA (assisted by Scott Skrzynsk). Mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. |
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| Comments: | For this scene, the original directorial request called for a Country song (Vivian grew up in rural Georgia). In fact, we wrote two different Country songs for this spot, approximately a year part, one titled "Why Me" and the other titled, "It Never Works Out That Way". I liked both songs, but Jerry encouraged us to write yet another song. |
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| Lyrics: | THE FIRST GUY I LOVED WAS A LOSER THE SECOND GUY WAS EVEN WORSE IF THERE WAS A BUM WITHIN FIFTY MILES I WAS DRAWN TO HIM LIKE A CURSE I FOLLOWED BUM NUMBER THREE TO L.A. HE LEFT ME THERE ON MY OWN SO THERE I WAS - NO FRIENDS, NO MONEY TOO ASHAMED TO GO HOME THIS IS MY LIFE TAKE A LOOK AT MY LIFE I WORKED AT A COUPLE OF FAST FOOD JOINTS I PARKED CARS, DID WHATEVER I COULD THAT'S WHEN I MET KIT SHE WORKED THE STREET SHE MADE IT SOUND SO GOOD SO ONE DAY I DID IT I CRIED THE WHOLE TIME I WAS COMING APART AT THE SEAMS IT'S NOT LIKE ANYBODY PLANS IT - NO IT WASN'T MY CHILDHOOD DREAM THIS IS MY LIFE TAKE A LOOK AT MY LIFE AIN'T IT FUNNY HOW THE BAD STUFF IS SO EASY TO BELIEVE IT WEARS YOU DOWN AND SOME DAYS IT REALLY HURTS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ME MY HEART'S HERE ON MY SLEEVE I'M SO TIRED OF LETTIN EVERYBODY ELSE BUT ME DEFINE A WOMAN'S WORTH THIS IS MY LIFE THE STORY OF MY LIFE |
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