Cyndi Lauper

Released: May 6, 2016

Featuring: Willie Nelson

Songwriter: Walter Breeland Paul Buskirk Willie Nelson

Producer: Tony Brown Cyndi Lauper

[Cyndi Lauper]
When the evenin' sun goes down
You will find me hangin' 'round
The night life, ain't the good life
But it's my life

[Willie Nelson]
Many people just like me
Dreamin' of old used-to-be's
And the night life, ain't no good life
But it's my life

[Cyndi Lauper]
Listen to the blues that they're playin'

[Willie Nelson]
Listen what the blues are sayin'

[Cyndi Nelson]
Mine is just another scene
From the world of broken dreams

[Willie Nelson]
And the night life, ain't no good life
But it's my life

[Instrumental]

[Willie Nelson]
Life is just another scene
From the world of broken dreams

[Cyndi Lauper and Willie Nelson]
And the night life ain't no good life
But its my life
And the night life ain't no good life
But it's my life

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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