Bette Midler

Released: November 17, 1977

Songwriter: Spencer Proffer David Pomeranz

Producer: Brooks Arthur

Daybreak
How can I ever leave this place beside you?
You were the only one I ever cried to
The night is through

Now it's heartache
I got to get home before he sees it's daybreak
Light from the sky is shining through the curtain lace
I never really meant to stay

And now it's daybreak
We were just sitting and talking
Oh, who would have thought we'd be spending the night
Dreading the light of daybreak?

How can I leave this place beside you?
How can I leave you, baby, leave you?
I don't want to go

And now it's daybreak
We were like storybook children
Hey, but, like all good fairytales, this one must end
Here is the end. It's daybreak

How can I ever leave this place beside you?
You were the only one I ever cried to
The night is through

Lord knows it's daybreak
And it feels like heartbreak
I don't want to leave you
I don't want to leave you, I need you!
Looks like it's daybreak
But it feels like it's heartache
I don't want to leave you
Don't make me leave you, I need you!
Daybreak
Sunlight shining through the lace
I need you
Sun is smiling on your face
I need you
Don't make me leave you!
Lord!

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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