Bette Midler

Released: August 1, 1983

Songwriter: Barry Mann Cynthia Weil Tom Snow

Producer: Chuck Plotkin

Look at my face
I know the years are showin'
Look at my life
Still don't know where it's goin'

I don't know much
But I know I love you
And that may be all I need to know
Look at these eyes

Oh, they never see what matters
And look at these dreams
So beaten and so battered
I don't know much
But I know I love you

And that may be all I need to know
So many questions and still no answers
I climb and climb
But never get the view

But when I hold you near me sometimes
I feel so clearly
The only truth I'll ever know is me and you

In my heart
I long for inspiration
And in my soul
I know someday I'll find salvation
I don't know much
But I know I love you
And that may be all I need to know

In my heart
You're my inspiration
And in my soul
I know love is our salvation
I don't know much
But if I know you love me
That will be all I need to know

I don't know much
But if you say you love me
That will be all I need to know

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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