Bette Midler

Released: September 15, 1998

Songwriter: Julie Gold

Producer: Marc Shaiman

I think I'll go to Heaven
There I will lay me down
Leave all the pain behind me;
Bury it in the ground

Maybe they'll talk about me
I pray it won't be lies
Tell them I went to Heaven
Heaven is in your eyes

I think I'll go to Heaven
I hear it's peaceful there
They don't allow your troubles
'cause everyone's had their share

When I can be somеone who
Never nеver needs a disguise
Then I will be in Heaven
Heaven is in your eyes

People in Heaven never look back
Higher and higher the past fades to black
Fades to black

I think I'll go to Heaven
Sail on into the night
Watch as I set my soul free
Watch as my heart takes flight

Maybe I am too simple
Maybe I am too wise
Maybe I'll go to Heaven
Heaven is in your eyes
Heaven is in your eyes

Oooooooh, I'm in Heaven in your eyes

Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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