Cyndi Lauper

Released: May 6, 2016

Featuring: Vince Gill

Songwriter: L. E. White Lola Jean Dillon

Producer: Tony Brown

You're the reason I'm riding 'round on recapped tires
And you're the reason I'm hangin' our clothes outside on wires

You're the reason our kids are ugly, little darling
But looks ain't everything
And money ain't everything
But I love you just the same

You're the reason I changed to beer from soda pop
And you're the reason I never get to go to the beauty shop

You're the reason our kids are ugly, little darling
But looks ain't everything
And money ain't everything
But, I love you just the same

I guess that we won't ever have, everything we need
'Cause when we get ahead, it's got another mouth to feed

And that's the reason my good looks and my figure is gone
And that's the reason I ain't got no hair to comb

And you're the reason our kids are ugly, little darling
But looks ain't everything
And money ain't everything
But, I love you just the same

And that's the reason my good looks and my figure is gone
And the reason I ain't got no hair to comb

And you're the reason our kids are ugly, little darling
But looks ain't everything
And money ain't everything
But, I love you just the same

You know, Vinny, not for nothing honey, You know them shorts you wear everyday? Yeah, can we retire them and maybe get a different pair of maybe long pants? Ain't it chilly?
Well take a look at your own self. That mirror's a good thing. Maybe, take them curlers out of your hair, put on a little bit of make up
Listen, the curlers make it poofy, it's a natural look
And that house coat looks like 1962
It's a muumuu, it's vintage, okay?
Oh it's a moo
Listen, I look natural, like a model in Vogue
Oh yeah, you're a model? What do you model, gloves?
Hey!
I still love you, baby
Well, I love you too, Vin, oh well, you're my bff, that's just the way it is
Big fat what?

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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