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Ballad of Cleo & JoeCyndi Lauper

Every day the clock kicks off the beat
Little joe struggles just to get up on his feet
Waits in his platforms for the right train to come
Sipping his coffee another day has begun ...

Little joe got work for minimum wage
Tries to get through another dead beat day
At five o'clock he comes home to change
Takes him many hours just to rearrange...

And he works his body just to be somebody
There's a woman in the mirror looking like a dream
And he works his body...
And he feels somebody...
And the working boy becomes a dancing queen

Every night the dj kicks off the beat
Little cleo's jumping just to get up on her feet
Waits in her platforms for the right song to come
Sipping her cocktail another night has begun

And he works his body just to be somebody
There's a woman in the mirror looking like a dream
And he works his body...
And he feels somebody...
And the working boy becomes a dancing queen

Every morning the clock kicks off the beat
Little joe struggles just to get up on his feet
Waits in his platforms for the right train to come...

Cyndi Lauper

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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