Bette Midler

Songwriter: Jerry Ragovoy

Producer: Arif Mardin

Time: 2:15, the AM
Place: Ronardo's "Boom-Boom-Room" on South Street
I'm a hot blonde and it was a cold night
This is my story. I ain't ashamed to tell it
I was hungry, tired and lookin' for love

I was just a pilgrim in the hot pursuit of love
Wandered from disco to disco
That's all my life was
Suddenly you danced up against me
It felt warm and smooth
I knew in an instant
That you were my moment of darkest truth

Oh, my knight in black leather
Hold me tight and love me forever
Rings on your fingers, love in your heart
Knight in black leather, we'll never part

Only you can shine the light
On the dark side of my mind
And your evil sweetness
Leaves a trail of lovers behind
When you crush me to your heart
I feel just like a queen
I'm a willing victim
Tell me, all my life where have you been?

Oh, my knight in black leather
Hold me tight and love me forever
Rings on your fingers, love in your heart
Knight in black leather, we'll never part, haaa

Oh, my knight in black leather
Take me down and love me forever
Walk on through the halls of my soul
Knight in black leather
And you've got control
Oh, don't ya know, baby?

You're my knight!
C'mon and love me forever!
Rings on your fingers, love on demand
Knight in black leather
Aw, you've got command
And how I love ya, baby

Whoa, my knight!
Sweet, sweet knight!
You know that I love you, I love you, I love you!
We'll never pa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aart!

(We're the knights in black leather
And we will chain you down
And love you forever
Walk on through the halls of your soul
Yeah, the knights inblack leather
We're in controoooool!)

You know he smells just like a brand new car
'cause everything he owns is leather!
A leather shirt, leather hat
Leather gloves, leather spats
Leather chaps, leather pants
Leather socks, leather cap
Leather coat! leather wrap!
Leather neck! leather ring!
LEATHER THING!!!!!!!

We'll never pa-aa-aa-aart!
Oh, my knight in black leather!
Take us down! Love a-honey, gonna love me!
You got to hold me, hold me!
We'll never pa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aart!
Whoa-oh-ooo-oh-oh! . .

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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