Lyrics to
Bang, You’re Dead

This version of Bang, You’Re Dead was released by Bette Midler in 1977.

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“Oh god, oh god.
Dumping so early in the evening.
I really didn’t mean that.
I really didn’t mean that.”

Above the ground, I’m lifted to the sky,
and down like a tumbling weed I found myself stranded high and dry.
A circus ride, oh, it only costs a dime,
but if you wanna see the fireworks you might have to pay a lifetime.

‘Cause love is a carnival
with lots of laughs, wonderful rides and danger.
But it feels so good.
With rockets shootin’ in your head,
’round and ’round and ’round you go.
Bang, you’re dead, baby. Bang, you’re dead, baby.

Like a boomerang keeps twisting, twisting in your heart.
You know the funny part of it is, you always end up where you start.
You’re headed for big clouds. Got the silver lining.
But you’re in for a big surprise.
There’s a river of tears behind it.

‘Cause love is a carnival
with lots of baubles, bangles and beads.
Beware, beware, beware.
It feels so good, feels so good.
With rockets shootin’ in your head,
’round and ’round and ’round you go.
Bang, you’re dead, baby. Bang, you’re dead, baby.

Above the ground I’m lifted. Spininng, spinning, spinning out of control.
Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher!
Above the ground I’m lifted, yeah, to the sky.
And down like a tumbling weed I found myself stranded high and dry.
A circus ride, you know it, it only costs a dime,
but if you wanna see the fireworks you might have to pay.
Hey, yeah, yeah, to the sky, high. And down like a tumbling weed
I found myself stranded, stranded.
Bang, you’re dead!

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Bette Midler has released many songs over the years besides Bang, You’Re Dead. Bette Midler released songs from 1972 to 2006 spanning across albums like The Divine Miss M, Bette Midler, Songs For The New Depression, Broken Blossom, Live At Last, Thighs And Whispers, The Rose, Divine Madness, No Frills, Mud Will Be Flung Tonight!, Beaches, Some People's Lives, For The Boys, Gypsy, Bette Of Roses, Bathhouse Betty, Bette, Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook, Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook, and Cool Yule. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bette Midler.

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About Lyrics and Bang, You’Re Dead by Bette Midler

The lyrics to Bang, You’Re Dead are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bette Midler used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Bang, You’Re Dead have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bette Midler and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Bang, You’Re Dead by Bette Midler. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Bang, You’Re Dead" means the words set to the music of Bang, You’Re Dead, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bette Midler. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Bang, You’Re Dead and the lyrics to Bang, You’Re Dead are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bette Midler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bang, You’Re Dead, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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