Bette Midler

Released: August 1, 1983

Songwriter: Bill House Moon Martin

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

Your hair's so fair, your eye's so dark
I love you hard as my life
You pass me by as though I were a stone
You cut me like a knife

Boy, I do. I got my eye on you
Got my eye on you

I'm walking down by the water's edge
Feel like I'm coming apart
I'm so afraid of this jealous rage
That's taken hold of my heart

And, boy, I do. I got my eye on you
Boy, I do. I got my eye on you

Boy! Now I, I've reached the end
End of the line
Baby, here's a kiss
To remember me by!

Boy, I do. I got my eye on you
My eye on you

I had a dream I was dressed in white
The witness swears on the stand
They caught me cryin' in the street last night
The gun was still in my hand

And, Boy, I do. I got my eye on you
Boy, I do. I got my eye on you
Got my eye on you!
My eye on you!
My eye on you
My eye on you
My eye on you
My eye on you
My eye on you
My eye on you
My eye on you
Yes, I do, babe
My eye on 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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