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Cradle Days

This version of Cradle Days was released by Bette Midler in 1979.

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You took me from my mother’s lovin’ arms.
I still had about a foot to grow.
Whoa-ooh, I must have been only maybe seventeen.
It was a very long time ago.

Actually we raised each other;
you, our kids and myself.
You wait ’til you become a part of me,
then you wanna put me on the shelf.
put me on a shelf

Woah, that first kiss you gave me, I still remember.
I was just a child, dear.
Your lips were so warm and tender.
That kiss, I’ll always remember.
That was the first day we met.

I remember what the preacher said:
“Girl, will you be his wedded wife,
forever and ever
‘n’ stand beside that boy forever,
like for the rest of your natural life?”
for the rest of your life

You took my darlin’ babies from me!
You really broke my heart in two!
God in heaven heaven knows knows that I love them!
And in your heart you know it’s true!
know it’s true

Oh, that first kiss you gave me, I still remember.
I was just a child. Your lips were so warm and tender.
That kiss, oh, I’ll always remember.
That was the first day we met.
always remember, it’s a kiss that I’ll never forget

I don’t remember too much about my cradle days. remember
Guess you could say I became a woman too fast. you grew up too fast, too fast
Whoa, what did I know? That you were the right man for me. that’s what I knew
What did I know? I knew that I loved that man!
love that, love that, love that, love that man

Whoa, that first kiss you gave me, oh-o-o, how I still remember!
I was just a child, dear. Your lips were so warm and tender.
That kiss, I will always remember,
’cause that was the first day we met.
The first day we met, darlin’ darlin’, darlin’ darlin’,
whoa darlin’, the first day we met.

remember when
Whoa, I remember!
Come back, baby, let’s talk it over!
remember when
Don’t take your love away from me!
weeeeeee first met!
remember when
Come back, baby.
Oh, don’t you wanna try it on one more time boy?
remember when
Let’s talk it over. Let’s talk it over!
weeeeeee first met!
remember when
Oh, how can I forget you?
Branded me! Scarred by your love!
remember when
That first kiss you gave me boy!

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Bette Midler has released many songs over the years besides Cradle Days. 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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You can understand the lyrics to Cradle Days if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Cradle Days" means the words set to the music of Cradle Days, 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 Cradle Days and the lyrics to Cradle Days 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 Cradle Days, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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