Bette Midler

Released: July 27, 1995

Songwriter: Marc Jordan Scott Tibbs

Producer: Arif Mardin

Across the bridge of mercy bound
Rooms so full of Say You Will
And trains that rock like cradles in the air
I'll stay here and hold your hand
Love likes fools you understand
It's part of what this life has brought;
Sirens and forget-me-nots

Either way it's no use now
He's up there and I'm down here
I will try to make the best of this
Someday angels will dream the perfect kiss

All the signs that pointed home
Turned their backs the more I roamed
And walked where love would never call my name
So let me take you to the train
And hold you softer than the rain
We're all alone, two alley cats
Curled up like a scarf and hat

Who knows how it came to this
I don't know you and you don't know me
But sometimes strangers cross that great abyss
That's when angels will dream the perfect kiss

Either way it's no use now
He's up there and I'm down here
But I must try to make the best of this
Someday angels will dream the perfect kiss
Someday angels will dream the perfect kiss

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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