Cyndi Lauper

Released: January 29, 2016

Songwriter: Harlan Howard

Producer: Tony Brown Cyndi Lauper

[Verse 1]
Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
And heartache number two was when you came back again
Oh, you came back, but never meant to stay

[Chorus]
And now I got heartache by the numbers
Troubles by the score
Every day you love me less
Each day I love you more
Yes, I got heartache by the numbers
A love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting
Is the day my world will end

[Verse 2]
Heartache number three was when you called me
And said that you was a-coming home to stay
With hoping heart, I waited for your knock at the door
I waited but you must've lost your way

[Chorus]
And now I got heartache by the numbers
Troubles by the score
Every day you love me less
Each day I love you more
Yes, I got heartache by the numbers
A love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting
Is the day my world will end
Oh, the day that I stop counting
Is the day my world will end

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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