Cyndi Lauper

Dear John

What's wrong?
Why can't you just be anything you want?
Why not?
Why not?

I tried to tell you then
You didn't understand
They try and pigeonhole you
Buddy, they don't even know you

But hang on my dear, dear, John
Maybe you're not just like everyone
So what, so what

And there's more to live for
Than some abbreviated encore
Much more, much more

You can't define yourself
In terms of someone else
You can't say what you're thinking?
But I don't know what you've been drinking

But don't cry
'Cause life goes on
Dear John, you could be anything you want
Why not?
Why not?

Why you could even be an astronaut
Dear John
Dear John

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.

more tracks from the album

Hat Full of Stars

From the albums

Hat Full of Stars (1993)
Wanna Have Fun (1996)

Cyndi Lauper popular songs

Dear JohnCyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper

Hat Full of Stars