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Hey ThereBette Midler

Released: September 30, 2003

Songwriter: Jerry Ross Richard Adler

Producer: Barry Manilow Robbie Buchanan

Lately when I'm in my room all by myself
In this solitary gloom I call to myself:

Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes
Love never made a fool of you. You used to be too wise
Hey there, you on that high-flying cloud
Though he won't throw a crumb to you, you think some day he'll come to you

Better forget him, him with his nose in the air
He's got you dancing on a string. Break it and he won't care

Won't you take this advice I hand you like a mother?
Or are you not seeing things too clear?
Are you too much in love to hear?
Is it all goin' in one ear and out the other?
And out the other?

Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes
Are you talkin' to me?
Love never made a fool of you
Not until now
You used to be so wise
Oh, that was a long time ago

Hey there
What?
You on that high-flyin' cloud
Though he won't throw a crumb to you
You think some day he's gonna come to you

Woah, better forget him
Forget him
He's got his nose in the air
He's got his nose in the air
He'll have you dancing on a string
A puppet on a string
Break it and he won't care
He won't care for you

Won't you take this advice I hand you like a mother?
Or are you not seein' things too clear?
Are you just too far gone to hear?
Is it all goin' in one ear and out the other?

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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