Released: October 14, 1983
Songwriter: John Turi Cyndi Lauper
[Verse 1]
You're sorry now
And you'll change somehow
I am what you need to get out
[Chorus]
But I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
[Verse 2]
'Cause I'm crawling back
I'm searching the right track
Standing at last, I'm sure
[Chorus]
And I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
[Break]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh,-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 3]
Jailbird, chained to walk
How you used to talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk
But the melody
None at all, my love
[Chorus]
And I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
And I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
[Break]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh,-oh-oh-oh
Witness
Witness
Yeah, yeah
Ooh
[Chorus]
Please, let me out this time
'Cause I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
I don't wanna be
No, I don't wanna be, no
Don't wanna be a witness
I don't wanna be
No, I don't wanna be, oh
Don't wanna be a witness
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
[Outro]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh,-oh-oh-oh
Witness
You're sorry now
And you'll change somehow
I am what you need to get out
[Chorus]
But I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
[Verse 2]
'Cause I'm crawling back
I'm searching the right track
Standing at last, I'm sure
[Chorus]
And I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
[Break]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh,-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 3]
Jailbird, chained to walk
How you used to talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk
But the melody
None at all, my love
[Chorus]
And I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
And I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
[Break]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh,-oh-oh-oh
Witness
Witness
Yeah, yeah
Ooh
[Chorus]
Please, let me out this time
'Cause I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
No, I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
I don't wanna be
No, I don't wanna be, no
Don't wanna be a witness
I don't wanna be
No, I don't wanna be, oh
Don't wanna be a witness
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be a witness
[Outro]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh,-oh-oh-oh
Witness
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- The Great Cyndi Lauper (2003)
- She’s So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration (2014)
- Time After Time
- True Colors
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- She Bop
- All Through the Night
- The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough
- I Drove All Night
- When You Were Mine
- Money Changes Everything
- He’s So Unusual
- Lies
- Searching
- Disco Inferno (Borris and Beck Roxy Dub)
- Say a Prayer
- At Last
- Minnie and Santa
- Echo
- Hat Full of Stars
- Unabbreviated Love
- Hymn to Love
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Walk on By (S.A.F.’s Walk to the Dance Floor Club mix)
- Shine (Illicit mix)
- Broken Glass