Cyndi Lauper

Released: September 15, 1986

Songwriter: Jimmy Bralower Jeff Bova Cyndi Lauper

Producer: Cyndi Lauper Lennie Petze

[Refrain]
Out in the faraway nearby
Can your hear my call?
Out in the faraway nearby
I'm breaking down the walls
'Till you're here to stay
Out from the faraway

[Verse 1]
Hot looks, cold words
Don't know what it is you heard
But I didn't mean it
If I said something wrong
Ooh, short nights, long dreams
Something happens in between
Then a weird feeling
Like you're here, but still you're gone
Ooh, heart beats like a knock on the door
But sounds so far away

[Refrain]
In the faraway nearby
Can your hear me call?
Out in the faraway nearby
I'm breaking down the walls
'Till you're here to stay
Out from the faraway

[Verse 2]
Big whisper, small scream
But it's not like what it seems
Locked up in the open
Don't know which way to go
Ooh, deserts, oceans
Leaving footprints in the sand
Hoping that you'll see them
And wishing you'd follow

[Bridge]
Walk with me hand in hand, ya-ha
And talk with me, you got a plan? Ah-ha
And hold me, and hold me
Don't stop

[Refrain]
Out in the faraway nearby
Can your hear me call?
Out in the faraway nearby
I'm breaking down the walls
'Till you're here to stay
Out from the faraway

[Outro]
Ooh, heart beats like a knock on the door, ya-ha
Back from the far away
In the faraway nearby
Can you hear me call?
Out in the faraway...

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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