Cyndi Lauper

Going to make a confession
Going to hope that you listen
I'm not a story you've read about
I'm just what i am
And when you open your eyes up
In the morning you rise up
Wash yesterday form your face
And make a new plan

Oh it's my fascination with the anticipation

If you want to grab a hold
If you want to grab a hold
If you want to grab a hold
Let it go..

I'm going to write down a letter
And maybe some day you'll get it
And know what i meant to say
And make it ok
And if ya look at my picture
You know the one on your dresser
And if you think that you see a frown
Turn me upside down

Why don't you use your imagination?
Make it what you have to make it

If you want to grab a hold..
Let it go...

You get your grip
I'll hold you up
Just reach with your hand
And then use your imagination
Make it want you have to make it

If you want to grab a hold..
Let it go...

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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