Lyrics Bette Midler – On A Slow Boat To China

Bette
«Hey, nice piano playin’, Manilla.»
Barry
«Thank you, Miss M.»

Bette
Hmmm, I’m gonna get you
on a slow boat to China,
all to myself alone;
Get you and keep you in my arms evermore;
Leave all the others
waitin’ on a faraway shore.

Bette & Barry
Out on the briny
where the moon’s big and shiny,
melting your heart of stone.
I’m gonna get you
on a slow boat to China,
all to myself alone.

Barry
«Bette, I didn’t know you felt that way about me.»
Bette
«I don’t. I need a piano player.»
Barry
«Ahh, just like the old days!»
Bette
«You’re not gonna change keys on me, are ya?»
Barry
«Unh Huh.»
Bette
«Ohhh!»

Bette
I’m gonna get you
Barry
You’re never gonna get me.
Bette
on a slow boat to China
Barry
Not in a fast or slow boat to any crick.
Bette
all to myself alone;
Barry
I just get motion sick
Bette
I’m gonna make you mine.
Barry
Ha, you’ll have to stand in line.
Bette
Get you and keep you in my band evermore;
Barry
Now there’s a new attack.
Bette
Leave all the others on the shore.
Barry
For me they’d swim to China, to China and back.

Bette
Out on the briny
Barry
I wouldn’t like the ocean,
Bette
where the moon’s big and shiny,
Barry
not even in a rowboat.
Bette
melting your heart of stone.
Come on, what do you say?
Barry
Ha ha, you always get your way.
Bette & Barry
I’m gonna get you
on a slow boat to China,
all to myself alone, to-ge-ther.
All to myself alone.