Songwriter: John Turi Cyndi Lauper

Producer: Lennie Petze Cyndi Lauper

[Intro]
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh

[Verse]
Maybe he'll know
Well, I'm not so sure
Maybe he'll know why
Maybe he'll be, be my cure

[Refrain]
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh

[Verse]
Maybe he'll know
Well, I'm not so sure
Maybe he'll know why
Maybe he'll be
Cure, oh

[Pre-Chorus]
If something calls to me, I know
I hear an echo start to pound like a drum
Chanting a song
Anchor me, but

[Chorus]
Don't take too long, no-no
I got this anxious feeling
I got this ache engraved in me like stone
Don't take too long
Say you'll never leave me
Say you'll never go
No-no, no-no

[Refrain - Variation]
Oh-oh (Maybe he'll know well, well, well, well)
Oh-oh (I'm not so sure)
Oh-oh (Maybe he'll know why, why, why)
Oh-oh (Maybe he'll be the-be my cure)

[Verse]
Maybe he'll know
Well, I'm not so sure
Maybe he'll know why
Maybe he'll be
Cure, oh

[Pre-Chorus]
If something calls to me, I know
I hear an echo start to pound like a drum
Chanting a song
Anchor me, but

[Chorus]
Don't take too long, no-no
I got this anxious feeling
I got this ache engraved in me like stone
Don't take too long
Say you'll never leave me
Say you'll never go
Don't take too long
I got this anxious feeling
I got this ache engraved in me like stone
Don't take too long
Say you'll never leave me
Say, say you'll never

[Outro]
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-ooh-oh
(Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe)
Oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh...

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.