Bette Midler

Released: November 16, 1973

Songwriter: Annie Ross Wardell Gray

Producer: Arif Mardin Barry Manilow

"How ya doin' girls? Long time, no see. Listen, I've been to the doctor lately. Honey, I just spent forty dollars to hear that from that guy?"

My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
The way he described it he said
"You'd be better off dead
Than alive."
I didn't listen to his jive
I knew all along he was all wrong
And I knew that he thought I was crazy
But you know I'm not. Oh, no

My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
He said I need treatment
But I'm not that easily led
He said I was the type that was most inclined
When out of his sight
To be out of my mind
And he thought I was nuts
No more if's or and's or but's
Oh, no

They say as a child I appeared a little bit wild
With all my crazy ideas
But I knew what was happenin'
I knew I was a genius
What's so strange when you know that
You're a wizard at three?
I said, "Baby, this is meant for me, me, me, me."

I heard little children were supposed to sleep tight
That's why I drank a fifth of vodka one night
My parent's got frantic, didn't know what to do
But I had saw some crazy things
Before I came to
Now, do you think I was crazy?
I may have been only three but I was swingin'

They all laughed at A. Graham Bell
They all laughed at Edison
And also at Einstein
So why should I feel sorry if they just
Didn't understand the reasoning and the logic
That went on in my head
I had a brain, it was insane
So I just let them laugh at me
When I refused to ride on all those double-decker buses
All because there was no driver on the top
Aaaaaaah

"Did you ever hear a story like that in your life? Honey, that chick is bananas. Do you hear? Bananas. Oh, waiter, bring me another banana dacquari, would ya?"
Ba, ba, ba, ba!
"Oh, here she comes again."
Badada, badada, badada. Wo!

My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
But I said, "Doctor
I think that it's you instead
'Cause I got a thing that's so unique and new
It proves that I got the last laugh on you
'Cause instead of one head, ooh, I got two
And you know two heads are better than one."

"Honey, she is twisted"

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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