Bette Midler

Released: September 15, 1998

Songwriter: Brock Walsh Adam Cohen

Producer: Brock Walsh

[Verse 1]
I know that I'm no saint
My head is in the clouds
They called you a mistake
But I still, I still say your name out loud

[Chorus]
They called me a stupid girl, just like my mom
Too many men passed through my arms
At seventeen I looked into your eyes
Knew I could never comfort your cries

[Post-Chorus]
Every April still reminds me of you
The child I never knew, my lullaby in blue

[Verse 1]
It all goes by so fast
How lovely you must be
Why you've reached the age at last
That I was when your daddy lived with me

[Chorus]
How I wish we could meet somewhere, talk it through
There is so much I would say to you
There are others, I'm not alone
A younger brother you've never known

[Post-Chorus]
And a baby girl who so reminds me of you
The child I never knew, my lullaby in blue

[Bridge]
As the years go by
Try not to think of us sadly
Believe it if you can
I want to see you so badly

[Post-Chorus]
On your birthday, Mama's thinking of you
The child I never knew, my lullaby in blue

[Outro]
My lullaby in blue
My lullaby

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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