Cyndi Lauper

Released: October 14, 1983

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: William Wittman Rick Chertoff

[Verse 1]
When you were mine
I gave you all of my money
Time after time, huh
You done me wrong
Just like a train
Let all my friends come over and eat
You were so strange
You didn't have the decency to change the sheets
Oh, when you were mine
Used to let you wear all of my clothes
You were so fine
Hah, baby, that's the reason that it hurt me so

[Chorus]
I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (Don't care)
'Cause I love you, baby, that's no lie
I love you more than I did when you were mine

[Verse 2]
When you were mine
You were kinda sorta my best friend
So, I was blind
I let you fool around
I never cared
I never was the kind to make a fuss
When he was there
Sleeping in between the two of us

[Chorus]
I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (Don't care)
'Cause I love you, baby, that's no lie
I love you more than I did when you were mine
Aah, ha-ha-hey, yeah

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
When you were mine
You were all I ever wanted to do
Now I spend my time
Following him whenever he's with you

[Chorus]
I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (Don't care)
'Cause I love you, baby, that's no lie, oh
I love you more mine than I did when you were mine

[Outro]
Ooh-oh
I love you more than I did when you were mine
Ooh-oh-uh-oh
I love you more than I did when you were mine
Ooh-oh-uh-oh
I love you more, I love you more when you were mine
Ooh-oh-uh-oh
I love you more, I love you more, I love you more
I love you more when you were mine

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.

more tracks from the album

She’s So Unusual

From the albums

She’s So Unusual (1983)
Wanna Have Fun (1996)
The Great Cyndi Lauper (2003)
The Essential Cyndi Lauper (2003)
She’s So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration (2014)

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