Cyndi Lauper

Released: May 9, 1989

Songwriter: Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly Cyndi Lauper

Producer: Lennie Petze Cyndi Lauper

[Verse 1]
I'm driving home from work
Knowing you're not there
I used to hurry home
Now I don't even care

[Pre-Chorus]
The sun is in my eyes, so I can't see
But when it sets down behind the mountain it's gonna be

[Chorus]
My first night without you
My first night without you
My first night without you, oh
Oh, without you

[Verse 2]
I sit here like a fool
Remembering everything
The way we used to talk
The songs that we used to sing

[Pre-Chorus]
I gotta to try and leave the past behind
But my memory's so good
I think that I'm losing my mind

[Chorus]
My first night without you
My first night without you
And I wonder what I'll do, oh
Oh, without you

[Bridge]
Will I be able to sleep?
Will I lie in my bed and weep?
What if I forget and reach for you?
Will I dream about you?
My first night, my first night

[Chorus]
My first night without you
My first night without you
And I wonder what I'll do, oh
My first night, my first night
My first night, my first night
My first night without you, oh
My first night without you...

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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