Bette Midler

Released: July 27, 1995

Songwriter: Maria McKee

Producer: Arif Mardin

Let this be the last time
Let this be the last time, Ooooooh
Let this be the last time
Let this be the last time, Ooooooh

I have no guts. I have no pride
My heart is weak. My love is blind
When your game is up I'll still be by your side
If you love me at all, let this be the last time
That you break my heart
That you break my heart
That you break my heart

You hurt me so much
But I love you forever
'cause when you tear me up
You always put me back together
Ever so gently
Ever so gently
Baby, let this be the last time, yeah

Let this be the last time
Let this be the last time, Oooooh
Let this be the last time
Let this be the last time, Oooooh

I bite my lip and hold my head up high
I try my best not to let you see me cry
I can take a joke and you can be unkind
If you love me at all, let this be the last time
That you break my heart
That you break my heart
That you break my heart

You hurt me so much
But I love you forever
'cause when you tear me up
You always put me back together
Ever so gently
Ever so gently
Baby, let this be the last time, yeah

Mmm, you hurt me so much
But I love you forever
'cause when you tear me up
You always put me back together
Ever so gently
Ever so gently
Baby, let this be the last time

Let this be the last time
Let this be the last time, Oooooh
Let this be the last time
Let this be the last time, Oooooh
Let this be the last time
Let this be the last time, whoa
Ohhhhh, whoa
That you hurt me at all, yeah
The last time. Whoa
Whoaoooo
Whoa. The last time
Oooh, yeah, the last time
Oooooh, yeah, the last time
That you hurt me at all
Yeah, the last time

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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