Bad Song Friday

I'm amazed that we've been doing this for 9 months, and this is the first Bette Midler song we've had. I mean, we could basically pick anything from her catalog and have a winner. The Rose? Fuck me. Wind Beneath My Wings? Kill me now.

Anyway, this one has perhaps the most stick-in-your-head syrup of any of them.

The following video is Bette's warbling song done (and done very very well) by the "Candy Capped Crusader". I'll let you be the judge of what that means.


From a distance
The world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance
The ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight

From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope
It's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man

From a distance
We all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns,
No bombs and no disease,
No hungry mouths to feed

From a distance
We are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They are the songs of every man
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance

From a distance
You look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance
I just cannot comprehend
What all this fighting's for

From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And it's the hope of hopes
It's the love of loves
It's the heart of every man

God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance

God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance...