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Bette Midler Interviews Marc Shaiman For His Never Mind The Happy Book Tour
By Robert Townson Productions
Feb. 7, 2026
Marc Shaiman & Bette Midler
Bette Midler & Jenifer Lewis
Bette Midler interviews Marc Shaiman in LA for his Never Mind The Happy book tour at The Academy Museum on Feb. 6, 2026
ONE FOR THE DECADES (AND ONE MORE FOR TONIGHT)
BY MARC SHAIMAN
IN ’72-WHEN CARSON HAD YOU ON
THE WORLD FELL FOR YOU
IN ’73-THOUGH I WAS JUST 13
YOU MESMERIZED ME
YOUR RECORDS, YOUR SHOWS
YOUR SINGING, YOUR CLOTHES
MADE ME FEEL ALL WAS RIGHT
SO MAKE IT ONE FOR THE DECADES
AND ONE MORE FOR TONIGHT
WE ONCE WERE SO YOUNG
WE WORKED ON “THIGHS AND WHISPERS”
THEN “MUD WILL BE FLUNG”
THEN “BEACHES”, OH MY
YOU SANG ABOUT THE WIND
AND MADE THE WORLD CRY
YOU CALLED ME “THE WORM”
BUT I WORE THAT TERM
WITH SOME PRIDE AND DELIGHT
SO MAKE IT ONE FOR THE DECADES
AND ONE MORE FOR TONIGHT
HEY THERE MISS MIDLER
WE SAW YOU FIRST IN “FIDDLER”
BUT YOU HAD SO MANY THINGS TO SAY
AT THE BATHS, EVERY PHALLUS
SAID “LET’S SEE HER AT THE PALACE!”
AND YOU WERE ON YOUR WAY
80 MAY NOT FEEL GREAT
BUT THANKS TO SMOKE AND MIRRORS,
YOU LOOK 28!
THIS AIN’T HOW IT ENDS
AS LONG AS, AS YOU SANG
“YOU GOTTA HAVE FRIENDS”
SO THANKS FOR THE YEARS
FOR THE LAUGHS AND THE TEARS
FOR EVERY SONG, EVERY FIGHT
LET’S MAKE IT ONE FOR THE DECADES
AND ONE MORE FOR TONIGHT
THE LONG…LONG…GOOD NIGHT
