Bette Midler

Released: November 16, 1973

Songwriter: Al Jackson Jr. Timothy Matthews (Songwriter)

Producer: Arif Mardin Barry Manilow

I got a funny feelin' that all of you girls
Had better hold on to your man
'Cause I feel, I says I feel
I feeeeel like breaking up somebody's home

See, lying here all alone
On a rainy night like this
Starvin' for some lovin'
Oh-oh, what I would give
What I would give for just one kiss
Every rain drop I hear
Against my window pane
And it's beatin' through
So loud and clear
Words, words that speak your name

See I, I got no where to turn
Now that you have gone
And I feel like
Breaking up somebody's home

I know it's useless
Hangin' on when you belong to someone else
But I can't shake the feelin'
Oh, after all, I didn't make this bed
I got no where to turn
Na, na, na, now, na, now, now that you have gone

I saw the boy last night
And I believe I caught a chill
Well, I could, I could not control the vibration
And my heart, my heart
My heart justa would not stand still
I got no where to turn
A now, now, now, now that you have gone
And I feel like
Breaking up somebody's home
Got no where, a no where to run
And I'm so damn tired of being all alone
And I feel like
Breaking up somebody's home

I know it's useless
Hangion' on when you, you, you, ya
You belong to someone else
But I, la, la, la, can't shake the feeling
Oh, after all, I didn't want it this way
I swear I did not want it this way
But I got no where, a no where to run
And I'm so g-ddamned tired of being alone
And I feel like breaking up somebody's home
Got no where, a no where to run
And I'm so g-ddamned tired of being alone
And I, I feel like, feel like
Breaking up some mutha's home
One more time
I, I got no where to turn
A no where to, no where to, no where to turn
And I feel like, I feel like
Breaking, breaking up somebosy's home
I gotta break up somebody's home

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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