Bette Midler

Released: November 1, 2014

Songwriter: Dave Oppenheim Abel Baer

Producer: Marc Shaiman Scott M. Riesett

[Chorus]
It isn't the paddle, it's not the canoe
It isn't the river or skies that are blue
It isn't the love dreams that bring joy to you
It's the girl, oh, it's the girl!

It isn't the progress that you always want to do
It isn't the mountain flowers or the mornin' dew
It isn't the love nest that brings love to you
It's the girl that makes you happy and it's the girl that makes you blue!

You up and down men
What a lonely world would be without them!

It isn't the songbirds, the song that they sing
It isn't the sunshine that makes you like Spring
So what is this magic that makes all the thing?
It's the girl, oh, it's the girl!

Some folks need atmosphere when they're makin' love
They say old mother nature makes love grand!
Still, lovers will complain that they need a shove
If you're a Romeo, you'll you'll gonna understand!

[Chorus]

It isn't the progress that you wanna do
It isn't the mountains, the flowers or the mornin' dew
It isn't the love nest that brings love to you
It's the girl, it's the girl!

It's not the places you go
It's not the crowd
It's not the folks you know
So listen while I shout out loud!

It's the girl!

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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