Bette Midler

Released: July 27, 1995

Songwriter: Ian Thomas

Producer: Arif Mardin

You've been down in the dumps
It seems like forever
Now, what have they done to you?
Not a single thing's turned out
The way you imagined
It all looks unreachable to you

You don't know for the life of you
What is missing
Or why it always happens to you
And you don't like yourself
You feel nobody's listening
You don't need another platitude

For a moment you forget
And a smile comes to your face
Aah, but it doesn't last too long
It's like a string you got tied
Around your finger
Reminding you of
Everything that's wrong

I won't try to say I know what you're feeling
I won't try to second guess you
I won't try to give advice you won't be needing
I'm only here to comfort you
I'm only here to comfort you

And I'd love to be the reason
A smile somes to your face
Even if it doesn't last too long
And I'd love to take that string
You've got tied around your finger
Reminding you of everything that's wrong

I won't try to say I know what you're feeling
I won't try to second guess you
I won't try to give advice you won't be needing
I'm only here to comfort you
I'm only here to comfort you
I'm only here to comfort you

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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