Bette Midler

Released: August 1, 1983

Songwriter: Jessica Harper

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

Don't start talking the poetry, darlin'
That's not what I wanna hear tonight
I'm just a girl with moonlight in my eyes
I want a soda and a souvenir
Yes, I'm just a girl with moonlight in my eyes

Don't start whispering the sweet things, darlin'
Your words are dangerously clear tonight
I'm just a girl with moonlight in my eyes
I want a soda and a souvenir
Just a girl with moonlight in my eyes

Watch what you say, I'll remember it always
It's so easy for me to fall
If only you knew, you might not say anything at all
And I'm just a girl with moonlight in my eyes

Don't start singin' them love songs, darlin'
I believe every word that I hear tonight
I'm a girl with moonlight in my eyes
I want a soda and a souvenir
Yes, I'm just a girl with moonlight in my eyes
Just a girl with that moonlight in my eyes

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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