Bette Midler

Released: October 10, 2000

Songwriter: Leo Graham Paul Richmond

Producer: Don Was

Honey, you are my shining star
Don't you go away
I wanna be right here where you are
Until my dying day. Yes I do

So many have tried
Tried to find a love like yours and mine. Ohhh-whoa
But don't they realize how you hypnotize?
Make me love you more each time. Ohhh-whoa

Honey, I'll never leave you lonely, yeah
Give my love to you only, yeah
To you only, to you only

Oh honey, you are my shining star
Don't you go away
Yeah, I wanna be right here where you are
Until my dying day. Yeah

It feels so good
When we're lying next to each other
Lost in love, lost in love
Drifting along on a cloud of love

Ooh, baby when we touch I love you so much
You're all I ever dreamed of. Ohhh-whoa
Hone, I'll never leave you lonely, yeah
Mmm, give my love to you only, yeah
To you only, to you only

Oh honey, you, you are, you are my shining star
Don't you go away, no
I wanna be right here where you are
Until my dying day. Mmmm

It feels so good, it feels so good
When we're lying here
Lost in love, lost in love, lost in love, lost in love
Oh baby, when we touch I love you so much
You, you're all I ever dreamed of

In spite of all we know, how little we know
In spite of all they say, how little we see
I only know, you and me together forever
You are my shining star, mmm, yes you are
Shine on, shine on. Keep on shining on
Shine on, shine on. Keep on shining on . .

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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