Cyndi Lauper

Songwriter: Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly Cyndi Lauper

Producer: Lennie Petze Cyndi Lauper

[Verse 1]
I drop my hat to a restless wind
Ooh, this time I'm not gonna chase it again
In a jigsaw dream with soft spoken words
I woke up crying and no one heard

[Pre-Chorus 1]
You're looking through me like I never was real
You say you love me but you won't let me feel
So I'm gonna take a chance this time
Find myself some place where I can heal

[Chorus]
And I'm heading west
Without a sad goodbye
And I'm heading west, woah-oh-oh
I'm like a letter with no address
Just like a book I read
I'm heading west

[Verse 2]
I said my name under my breath
Oh, he turned down a twisted road, I won't forget
I'm gonna fly my kite and let out all of the string
Hold on to hope, let go everything

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I can't stop laughing and it's nothing you said
The altitude of freedom seems to go to my head
And if I fall down on my knees, I'm gonna get back up
I'm gonna get back up again

[Chorus]
And I'm heading west
Without a sad goodbye
And I'm heading west, woah-oh-oh
I'm like a letter with no address
Just like a book I read
I'm heading west

[Bridge]
And if I fall down on my knees
I'm gonna get back up
I'm gonna get back up

[Chorus]
And I'm heading west
Without a sad goodbye
And I'm heading west, woah-oh-oh
I'm like a letter with no address
Just like a book I read
I'm heading west
And I'm heading west
Without, oh, a sad goodbye
And I'm heading west, woah-oh-oh
I'm like a letter with no address
Just like a book I read
I'm heading west
And I'm heading west
Without a sad goodbye
And I'm heading west, woah-oh-oh
I'm like a letter with no address...

An 80’s pop starlet that skyrocketed her way to the top of the mainstream game, Cyndi Lauper has made her mark as an artist both socially and musically.

Beginning her solo career in the 1983 with hit debut album She’s So Unusual, Lauper came to be a household name with the four top-five hits that came with the record, including breakthrough single “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and the visceral, chart-topping “Time After Time”. Her camp attitude, electrifying vocals, and unrelenting earworms made an impression on the general public, and she would take home Best New Artist and Best Album Package at the Grammy’s for She’s So Unusual, amidst 4 other nominations. Lauper would never reach the same sort of stardom again musically following She’s So Unusual, but her legacy was far from over.

She’s So Unusual set the ground for her next True Colors. Released in 1986, the album most notably contained title-track “True Colors”, which would grow to become a primary anthem of the gay rights movement. Lauper would later serve as a key advocate of the LGBT community, and she has fairly consistently addressed homophobia throughout her career.

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