Cyndi Lauper

Can't breathe, can't sleep
And words are too big for my head
Some words shouldn't even be said
His eyes, his speech
Still rolling around in my bed
Like a ghost waking up from the dead
And it's hard to let go
And it's hard not to show
The fumbling beat of a heart
Repeating itself in the dark
Still laugh, still dream
And bursting apart at the seam
Of whatever I hoped it would be
Little bird on the wire
Little bird from the fire
I'm circling back, where you are
Repeating, no matter how far
Then time speaks
Through the shuffling feet
And the cold heat and the soul
Can't breathe, can't sleep
And words are too big for my head
Some words they should never be said
And it's hard to let go
And it's hard not to show
The fumbling beat of a heart
Repeating itself in the dark
Oh, and heart is what you can't give
But you just did, don't you know?
Can't breathe, can't sleep
And words are too big for my head
Some words they should never be said
And it's hard to let go
And it's hard not to show
The fumbling beat of a heart
Repeating itself in the dark

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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