Bette Midler

Released: November 17, 1977

Songwriter: Gil Garfield Harry Nilsson Perry Botkin Jr.

Producer: Brooks Arthur

There is a land I know
Where lovers go and flowers grow
Forever more;
Where time is standing still
And lovers fill the quiet places
By the shore

We will cross a rainbow
To a place where we'll be free
And he'll give his love to me
So I wait for the day
When he takes me away to

Paradise
He'll take me by my hand
We'll walk across the sand
It's never-never land
Whoa-oo, whoa-oo, whoa

We'll build a castle there
Where we can share the happiness
We've waited for
Where white flamingos fly
A-way up high and play above
The ocean floor

We will climb a mountain
To see our wonderland
Maybe know you'll understand
Why I wait for the day
When he takes me away to

Paradise
He'll take me by my hand
We'll walk across the sand
A never-never land
Whoa-oo, whoa-oo, whoa

I'll stand by him
Do right by him
And I swear that I would die for him
Ohh, die for him

Paradise
He'll take me by my hand
We'll walk across the sand
It's never-never land
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll stand by him
Do right by him
Oh, yeah. Oh-oh, oh, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh

I'm gonna stand, I'm gonna stand by him
Gonna do right, gonna do right by him
Oh-oh, oh-oh, yeaeaeaeaheah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
Oh, yeah . .

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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