Cyndi Lauper

Songwriter: Cyndi Lauper Stephen Broughton Lunt Jeff Bova

Producer: Lennie Petze Cyndi Lauper

[Intro]
Where are you?

[Verse 1]
You never knew yourself well enough, ah
But she never knew you at all

[Pre-Chorus]
And when she put you out on your own
It may have stolen your innocence
But not, no-not your soul

[Chorus]
Tell me, where is little boy blue?
You'll find him standing always one step ahead, oh
Fast a little, shy a little, boy blue, woah!
Wise blood runs warms and deep
On the street, kids walking
Just a kid walking, just a kid

[Verse 2]
You send a letter with photographs, ah
I'll tuck them under my dreams

[Pre-Chorus]
And if we wake up old beyond our years
Not quite as brave as we seem
It's just the pain that never disappears

[Chorus]
Tell me, where is little boy blue?
You'll find him standing always one step ahead, oh
Fast a little, shy a little, boy blue, woah!
Wise blood runs warms and deep
On the street, kids walking
Just a kid walking, just a kid

[Bridge]
Ooh
Where are you?
Where are you?

[Pre-Chorus]
And when she put you out on your own
It may have stolen your innocence
But not, no-not your soul

[Chorus]
Tell me, where is little boy blue?
You'll find him standing always one step ahead, oh
Dance a little, cry a little, boy blue, woah-woah!
Wise blood runs warms and deep
On the street, kids walking
Just a kid walking, just a kid walking
Just a kid

[Outro]
Where are you?
Where are you? Where are you, boy blue? Oh
Where are you?
You're always walking one step ahead
You're always walking one step ahead
Ooh
Where are you?
Where are you, boy blue?

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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