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I’m a WomanBette Midler

Released: October 25, 2005

Songwriter: Mike Stoller Jerry Leiber

Producer: Barry Manilow

Well I can wash out forty four pairs of socks
And have 'em on the line
You know I can starch and iron two dozen shirts
'fore you can count from one to nine
I can slip up a great big dip up of lard
From a drippings can
Throw it in the skillet, do my shopping
And be back before it melts in the pan

'Cause I'm a woman...
W-O-M-A-N
Let me tell ya again
I'm a woman...
W-O-M-A-N

Well I can rub and scrub
'til this house shines just like a dime
Feed the baby, grease the car
Powder my nose at the same time
You know I can get all dressed up
Go out swinging with the M-A-N
Jump in bed at five, sleep 'til 6
And start all over again

'Cause I'm a woman...
W-O-M-A-N
Let me tell ya again
I'm a woman...
W-O-M-A-N

Well now if you come to me sick
You know that I'm gonna make you well
And if you come to me all hexed up
You know I'm gonna break the spell
And if you come to me hungry
You know I'll feed ya full of my grits
And if it's loving you want
I can kiss you and give you the shivering fits

'Cause I'm a woman...
W-O-M-A-N
I'll say it again
I'm a woman...
W-O-M-A-N

Well, I got a twenty dollar gold fee
That says there's nothing that I can't do
Well, I can make a dress out of feeding sacks
And I can make a man out Of you

'Cause I'm a woman...
W-O-M-A-N
I'll say it again
I'm a woman...
W-O-M-A-N

I'm a woman
I'm a woman
I'm a woman
Yeah, I'm a woman

Bette Midler

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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