Cyndi Lauper

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
Come on
Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now

I come home, in the mornin' light
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh momma dear, we're not the fortunate ones
And girls, they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
Come on...

The phone rings, in the middle of the night
My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh daddy dear, you know you're still number one
But girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have-

That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
You know girls - they want to have fun
Come on

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
Come on
Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now

And the boys they wanna have...fun
And the girls they wanna have...fun
And the boys they wanna have...fun
And the girls they wanna have

Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun...

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
Come on...

When the working day is done
You know girls - they want to have fun
Come on, come on

And the boys they wanna have...fun
And the girls they wanna have...fun
And the boys they wanna have...fun
And the girls they wanna have...fun

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now

And the boys they wanna have...fun
And the girls they wanna have...fun
And the boys they wanna have...fun
And the girls they wanna have...fun

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
Come on
Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now

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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