Bette Midler

Songwriter: Neil Young

Producer: Aaron Russo Arif Mardin Lew Hahn

[Intro - Spoken]
Oh, that's so heavy. We're gonna do a, a Neil Young song
Neil is so heavy, Neil is so mellow and laid back
I'm trying my best to be mellow and laid back
You know, I have even gone organic
Last week I ate an Earth Shoe
Oh, did - did I sing the ballad yet!?
Was it wonderful? Oh, did I sing it?
I didn't sing it, did I. Oh, so sorry

[Verse 1]
Lover, there will be another one
To hover over you beneath the sun
Tomorrow, see the things that never come today

[Chorus]
And you see me fly away without you
My shadow on the things you know
My feathers fall all around you
They show you the way to go
It's over, baby, I say, it's over, baby

[Verse 2]
Nestle in your wings my little one
The special morning brings another sun
Tomorrow, see the things that do not come today

[Chorus]
And you see me fly away without you
My shadow falling on the things you know
My feathers, they fall all around you
They show you the way to go
Hey, baby, it's over, baby, it's over, baby

[Post-Chorus]
I got to fly away. I got to fly away
Gonna close my eyes and I will fly away
You believe it now, fly away
I'm goin' to the sun, to fly away
I'm gonna close my eyes and I will fly away
Oh, one more time
Fly, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, fly away
Close my eyes and I will fly away
It's over, baby, it's over, baby

[Verse 1]
My lover, there will be another one
To hover over you beneath the sun
Tomorrow, see the things that do not come today

[Outro]
She will show you the way to go
It's over, thank god, it's over
I'm gonna close my eyes and I will fly away

"Fly away. I got to fly away
Oh, the hard core fans"

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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