Bette Midler

Released: August 1, 1983

Songwriter: Greg Prestopino Matthew Wilder

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

Honey, you're from Detroit
You know a lot about wheels
Summertime hot rod's givin' me the brake job
Don't stop 'til I start to squeal
'Cause, baby, I love your body
As much as your automobile
But I need more than a tune up
I'll take you with the moon up

Just let me drive. Mmm, let me drive
I wanna feel the power comin' alive
Darlin', let me drive. mmm, let me drive
Let me behind the wheel
I wanna know how your hot rod feels

Honey, I hear you're the expert
You can keep me at the edge of my seat
Take me through a tight turn, keep me at a slow burn
Feet to the floor and I feel the heat
And, baby, they say you'll deliver
Lovin' up and down the street
But it's your turn to be driven
C'mon and slide over

Get in and let me drive. Mmm, let me drive
I wanna feel all that power comin' alive
Darlin', let me drive. Mmm, let me drive
Let me vehind the wheel
I wanna know how your hot rod feels

Baby, don't ask directions
Who needs a map when there's time to ride?
Baby, you're hands are shakin'
Give me the keys, turn on the lights
I'm gonna burn out this road tonight

Ooooh, let me drive. Mmm, let me drive
I wanna feel your power comin' alive
And darlin', let me drive. Mmm, let me drive
Let me behind the wheel
I wanna know how your hot rod feels

Let me drive. Oooh, let me drive
Let me behind the wheel
I wanna know how your hot rod feels
Let me drive. Let me drive
Let me behind the wheel!

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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