Bette Midler

Released: September 4, 1990

Songwriter: Jude Johnstone

Producer: Arif Mardin

I'll bet you think you can just use her the way
You used to do. I've got news for you
Your fuse is out. The girl is on to you

I'll bet you think you can abuse her and say
You love her too. I remember pain
You put her through
But the girl is on to you

She's grown much wiser than you realize
She will surprise you
No more paying for your lies

And I'll bet you think you can confuse her. But, hey
The loser is you. She sees through your eyes
You'll soon surmise
The girl is on to you

She's grown much wiser than you realize
She will surprise you
No more paying for your lies

Oh, and I'll bet you think
You can confuse her, but, hey
The loser is you. She sees through your eyes
You'll soon surmise. The girl is on to you

She sees through your eyes
You'll soon surmise
The girl is on to you

She's on, she's on, she's on
She's on, she's on, she's on
She's on, she's on, she's on
Oooh. The girl is on to you
She's on, she's on, she's on
Now she's gone, she's gone, she's gone. Oooh

I'll bet you think
She'll come running back to you
Just like she used to do
But the girl is awful strong
That's why the girl is gone, gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone

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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