Cyndi Lauper

Released: August 28, 1986

Songwriter: Arthur Stead Stephen Broughton Lunt Cyndi Lauper

Producer: Lennie Petze Cyndi Lauper

[Verse 1]
Don't close your eyes or I might drift away
Under the night, my image bends its shape
I'll be written on the wind
Like in every sailor's dream
Heading for the moon
I reach out, my pulse begins to race
The crashing sounds of fears I've never faced
Let them echo off these waves
With thoughts as brave as they once were
Heading for the moon

[Chorus]
Oh, look how we write over the white
Shadows may chase from behind
But just put them out of your mind, oh
Heading for the moon

[Verse 2]
Don't close your eyes or I might drift away
Under the night of never ending shapes
I'll be wishing off the blue
I still wanna send my stars
Heading for the moon

[Chorus]
And look how we write over the white
Shadows may chase from behind
But just put them out of your mind, oh
Heading for the moon

[Outro]
Ha, ha
Heading for the Moon
So, don't close your eyes
Heading for the Moon
Over the white
Your shadows may chase from behind
You might just put them out of your mind
Heading for the Moon

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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