Cyndi Lauper

Released: January 27, 1984

Songwriter: Cyndi Lauper Rob Hyman

Producer: William Wittman Rick Chertoff

[Verse 1]
Lying in my bed
I hear the clock tick, and think of you
Caught up in circles
Confusion is nothing new
Flashback, warm nights
Almost left behind
Suitcase of memories
Time after—

[Verse 2]
Sometimes, you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me
I can't hear what you've said
Then you say, "Go slow."
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

[Chorus]
If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time
If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting (I will be waiting)
Time after time

[Verse 3]
After my picture fades
And darkness has turned to gray
Watching through windows
You're wondering if I'm okay
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time

[Chorus]
If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
You said, "Go slow."
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

[Chorus]
If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time
If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting (I will be waiting)
Time after time

[Outro]
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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

She’s So Unusual (1983)
Amor com Amor se Paga: Internacional (1984)
NOW That’s What I Call Music 3 [UK] (1984)
Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some (1994)
Sounds of the Eighties: The Rolling Stone Collection, 1983-1985 (1995)
Holiday Sunshine Hits Vol. 2 (1996)
Love Songs [Sony Box Set] (2002)
The Great Cyndi Lauper (2003)
The Essential Cyndi Lauper (2003)
Napoleon Dynamite: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2004)
Klinelåter fra 80-Tallet (2007)
101 Power Ballads (2008)
80s 100 Hits – Volume 2 (2011)
She’s So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration (2014)
This Is Where I Leave You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2014)
Chilled Electronic 80s (2016)
100 Hits Pure 80s (2016)
NOW That’s What I Call Love [UK] (2016)
100 Hits - Power Ballads (2017)
Stranger Things: Music from the Netflix Original Series (2017)
NOW 100 Hits Power Ballads [UK] (2019)
Music From ‘Home Before Dark’ (2020)

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