Bette Midler

Songwriter: Dr. John

Producer: Arif Mardin

Come on down lightning
Come on down thunder
Come on down raindrops
Don't leave me to wonder
Life ain't worth loving
Love ain't worth having
Without you

Come on down heartache
Come on down pain
Come on down teardrops
Falling like rain
Life ain't worth loving
Love ain't worth having
Without you

Come on down hurting
Whoa, that's for certain
Whoa-o-oh, coming down blind
Don't it feel like it's skirtin'
And pouring down rain forever more?
Coming down harder than ever before

Wahhh, blow on in north wind
Blow in the cold
Losin' my senses;
Losin' control
Whoa, need my baby so bad
I go crazy without you

Coming down heavy
Coming down light
Coming down daytime
Coming down all night
Need my baby so bad
I go crazy
Life ain't worth livin'
Love ain't worth havin'
Without you

Rainin' down rain
Pourin' down pain
Without 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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