Cyndi Lauper

Released: June 30, 1993

Songwriter: Eric Bazilian Cyndi Lauper Rob Hyman Allee Willis

Producer: Cyndi Lauper

Sometimes I think
Things are overwhelming
Sometimes I think
I dont know what I'll do
But I forget the world
And everything around me
Thats what I think
When I think about you

The streets are filled
With too many babies
Black air in the sky of of blue
People pass by
No life in their eyes
The concrete jungle's
Really going crazy

Sometimes I think
Things are overwhelming...

The rent is due
And the pockets are empty
People ask machines
For the truth
No crystal ball
To help see it all
But where we gonna find
The dreams to feed the babies

Baby life goes on
Thats what people say
But I'm nowhere
If you go away
I'd just be looking
For a brighter day

Sometimes I think
Things are overwhelming...
What can I do
Forget about the world
And everything around me
Thats what i think
When I think about you

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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From the albums

Hat Full of Stars (1993)
Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some (1994)
Wanna Have Fun (1996)
The Great Cyndi Lauper (2003)

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