From a Distance - Bette Midler

Just another bar With loud guitars Smoke and candles burning low And the same old boys Their backs to the bar Staring across a crowded floor Then I hear a familiar sound Your voice's laughing out loud From a distance I can see you Dancing slowly with somebody new But I can't hold you like I want to But I can love you from a distance So I take a chair In a corner somewhere You can't see me But I can look at you And I remember those times When I looked in your eyes The way that he now looks at you Deep down I know it's over But it hurts me when he's so much closer From a distance I can see you Dancing slowly with somebody new But I can't hold you like I want to But I can love you from a distance And if I can't hold you near me I'll just hold onto your memory From a distance I can see you Dancing slowly with somebody new But I can't hold you like I want to But I can love you from a distance I'll always love you from a distance

I could never say we could go back and be how it used to But every time I think back to late summer in July, I still miss you And now our families don't even say a word I used to come over every Friday after work But that was before all the pain you caused me And all the lies you told, it's haunting I still see your face when I go to sleep I'll always love you, will you always love me? I hate that all these memories are so persistent And now I know (I know, I know) I know how hard it is to move on with my life When all of these daydreams come back to me at night I hate that it will take time to forget this And now I know It's better to love you from a distance (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah) To love you from a distance (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah) Remember when I'd drive you home 'cause you didn't have your license We were windows down cruising, thinking, "Damn, I really like him" And then I went out and got a new car So it didn't break down when we would drive too far But that was before all the rain starting falling And summer turned into autumn I still see your face when I go to sleep I'll always love you, will you always love me? I hate that all these memories are so persistent And now I know (I know, I know) I know how hard it is to move on with my life When all of these daydreams come back to me at night I hate that it will take time to forget this And now I know It's better to love you from a distance (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah) To love you from a distance (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah) I hate that I still miss you (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah) I wish I could forget you (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah) I hate that I still miss you (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah) I wish I could forget you (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah) I still see your face when I go to sleep I'll always love you, will you always love me? I hate that all these memories are so persistent And now I know I know how hard it is to move on with my life When all of these daydreams come back to me at night I hate that it will take time to forget this And now I know It's better to love you from a distance (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah) To love you from a distance

I hope it's not gonna be long No, please Don't make it long now I see love from a distance Coming but slowly I know it's gonna last forever I feel us coming closer, closer and closer It's the time we get it together I know you done a lot of wrongs But I'm willing to forgive No one has the right to decide How the other man should live Sometimes we should stop and count to ten Before we make each other hurt 'Cause later on, you realize It really had no worth I see love from a distance Coming but slowly I know it's gonna last forever I feel us getting closer, closer and closer It's the time we get together Mama, she's taught us for so long With the right, the fool we teach And the wisdom in her eyes Kept me safe through all the years Made me grow to understand That there's still good folks around And to keep me in your heart Is to be on solid ground I see love from a distance Coming but slowly I know it's gonna last forever I feel us getting closer, closer and closer It's the time we get it together Whoa-oh, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa I see love from a distance Coming but slowly I know it's gonna last forever I feel us getting closer, closer and closer It's the time we get it together Oh- nah I see love (I see love) from a distance Coming but slowly (coming but slowly) I know it's gonna last forever (I know it's gonna last forever) I feel us coming closer, closer and closer Oh, yeah It's the time we get together I see love from a distance Coming but slowly I know it's gonna last forever It's gonna get you, yeah, it's gonna get you, yeah I feel us getting closer (I feel us getting closer, yeah) It's the time we get together

I don't know if you can hear me, or if you're even there I don't know if you will listen to a humble prayer They tell me I am just an outcast, I shouldn't speak to you Still I see your face, and wonder, were you once an outcast too? God help the outcasts, hungry from birth Show them the mercy they don't find on Earth The lost and forgotten, they look to you still God help the outcasts, or nobody will I ask for nothing, I can get by But I know so many less lucky than I God help the outcasts, the poor and downtrod I thought we all were the children of God I don't know if there's a reason Why some are blessed, some not Why the few you seem to favor They fear us, flee us, try not to see us God help the outcasts, the tattered, the torn Seeking an answer to why they were born Winds of misfortune have blown them about You made the outcasts, don't cast them out The poor and unlucky, the weak and the odd I thought we all were children of God

Hello, Harry Well, Hello Louie It's so nice to be back home where I belong You're looking swell, Danny I can tell, Manny You're still glowin', you're still crowin' You're still goin' strong I feel the room swayin' For the band's playin' One of my old favorite songs from way back when So bridge that gap, fellas Find me an empty lap, fellas Dolly'll never go away again! Hello, Dolly Well, Hello Dolly! It's so nice to have you back where you belong You're looking swell, Dolly We can tell, Dolly You're still glowin', you're still crowin' You're still goin' strong We feel the room swayin' For the band's playin' One of your old favorite songs from way back when So Here's my hat fellas I'm stayin' where I'm at, fellas Promise you'll never go away again I went away from the lights of Fourteenth Street And into my personal haze But now that I'm back in the lights of Fourteenth Street Tomorrow will be brighter than the good old days Those good old days Hello Dolly, Well Hello (Hey look it's!) Dolly Glad to see you Hank, let's thank my lucky star Your lucky star Oh, you're lookin' great, Stanley Mmh I think you lost a little bit of weight, Stanley Isn't that right? Dolly's overjoyed and overwhelmed and quite over par I hear the ice tinkle See the lights twinkle And you still get glances from us handsome men (To be specific) So (You're all terrific) Golly gee, fellas Find me a vacant knee, fellas Dolly'll never go away again! (Ah look out boys) (I've got it all on tonight) (Stay out of my way) (Let's bring it on home!) Well, well hello, Dolly Well hello, Dolly It's so nice to have you back where you belong You're lookin' swell, Dolly We can tell, Dolly You're still glowin', you're still crowin' You're still goin' strong I hear the ice tinkle See the lights twinkle And you still get glances from us handsome men So Wow wow wow, fellas Hey, Yeah! Look at the old girl now, fellas (Wow!) Dolly'll never go away again!

I am the captain and this is my shrine. Lord of the manor. See what I leave behind. River in flames, cities on fire. Yes, I'm a relic trapped in the wire. Hydrogen fuel, it burns so clean, Throbs in the veins; a mother lovin' machine. She is my wife. Her mechanical heart Constantly serving 'til death do us part. Now a glorious war draws to a close. The yellow winds blow. And I have to know. Oh industry, whatever will become of me? Soon the cruel rains will start. Is it true we must part company? Oh industry, whatever will become of me? What have I ever done? Where did I go wrong? Joined at the hip; pain, hunger and I, Leave our gift to the world 'neath the phosphorous sky. A labor of love is the truest of all. But will I be forsaken after the fall? Now a glorious war draws to a close. The yellow winds blow. And I have to know. Oh industry, whatever will become of me? Nothing after the flood but the fire and the mud's prophecy. Oh industry, whatever will become of me? Of me? Industry, charity, faith, hope. Industry, charity, faith, hope. Industry, charity, faith, hope. Industry, charity, faith, hope. Industry, charity, faith, hope