Bette Midler

Released: November 7, 1980

Songwriter: Bob Seger

Producer: Dennis Kirk

Here comes The Rose, looking mighty fine
Here comes ol' Nancy, walking right in time
Here comes the stripper, bringing on the night
Here come the boys, faces hidden from the light

Walk through the shadows
Well, they come and they go
Only one thing on their mind:
Fire down below

Whoa, here come the rich man in his big, long limousine
Here come the poor man, all you got to have is green
Here come the banker, lawyer and the cop
One thing's for certain, it's never gonna stop

When it all gets too heavy
They come and they go. There they go
One thing on their mi-mi-mi-mind:
Fire down below

Whoa, there they go
One thing on their mi-mi-mi-mi-mind:
Fire down below

It happens out in Vegas, Moline
On the blue-blood streets of Boston
In Berkley, out in Queens
Went on yesterday, it's going on tonight
Somewhere there's somebody
Treatin' somebody right

I'm lookin' at The Rose
I'm lookin' mighty fine
I walk the streets
I'll find you any time
Where the street lights flicker
Bringing on the night
I'll be slipping into darkness;
Slippin' out of sight

Oh, through the midnight
I come! I go!
Only one thing on my my mind:
Fire down below
One thing on my my my mind:
Fire down below
Fire, fire, fire, hoo, hoo, hoo
One thing on my my mind:
Fire down below

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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