Cyndi Lauper

Released: May 6, 2016

Songwriter: Donn Hecht Alan Block

Producer: Tony Brown Cyndi Lauper

[Chorus 1]
I go out walkin’ after midnight
Out in the moonlight just like we used to do
I'm always walkin' after midnight searchin' for you

I walk for miles along the highway
Well that's just my way of sayin' I love you
I'm always walkin’ after midnight, searchin' for you

[Chorus 2]
I stop and see a weepin' willow
Cryin' on his pillow, maybe he's cryin' for me
And as the sky turns gloomy
Night winds whisper to me, I'm lonesome as I can be

[Chorus 1]
I go out walkin’ after midnight
Out in the starlight, just hopin' you may be
Somewhere out walkin’ after midnight, searchin' for me

[Instrumental]

[Chorus 2]
I stop and see a weepin' willow
Cryin' on his pillow, maybe he's cryin' for me
And as the skies turn gloomy
Night winds whisper to me, I'm lonesome as I can be

[Chorus]
I go out walkin’ after midnight
Out in the starlight, just hopin' you may be
Somewhere out walkin’ after midnight, searchin' for me
Searchin' for me

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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