Great Cyndi Lauper lyrics

Every day the clock kicks off the beat.
Little Joe struggles just to get up on his feet.
Waits in his platforms for the right train to come.
Sipping his coffee another day has begun ...

Little Joe got work for minimum wage.
Tries to get through another dead beat day.
At five o'clock he comes home to change,
Takes him many hours just to rearrange...

And he works his body just to be somebody.

I met a man who drew the line
He couldn't cross his fear of intimacy
He just sighed
Because he left behind all his fantasy
ooh-hoo, ooh, woo, woo, yeah

If you build a wall up, high
You start to crumble
And you never know why
Your tears never dry

If you're running from the vision
That's in your eyes
There's a collision with what's inside
This ain't livin'
I need someone to hold

It will be
Whatever it is you're looking for
It will be
Whatever it is you need
It will be better
Even though I know you're not sure
Remember the rain even comes down
In Shangri-La
Look up as it soaks into your skin
And remember who you are and...

Come on home
When the road that you've
Been walking gets too long
Don't be scared
In case the grass you thought was
Greener isn't there

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
come on...

I come home in the morning light
my mother says when you gonna live your life right
oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
and girls they want to have fun
oh girls just want to have fun

Hey now, hey now
What's the matter with you?
Girls just wanna have fun now
come on...

I've got a ticket, no turning back my destination..
The sea of trouble, the land of pain
You're sending me where it always rains
Oh reconsider, I'm begging you, some hesitation
I'm holding on to my sanity
I feel the beginning of emergency
My hands are slipping, Oh please don't let me fall into

This hole in my heart that goes all the way to China

How long will I last
Standing out here on my own
I wonder, did I move too fast
You know I hate slow dancing alone

I keep leading with my heart
You keep saying
That we're worlds apart
That our love is so taboo

These empty arms
Won't last too long
Hope you appreciate
I need your unabbreviated love
and I'll stick like glue
Can I anticipate
I need your unabbreviated love

Now, that's how I feel

I dreamt last night that he held me tight
In a bar we knew way back when -
Drinkin' sloe gin
Oh, what a thrill
Oh, what a sin

Oh then the band played "Goodnight, Sweetheart"
One more dance and we were ready to go.
From the spark heel boppin'
To the light of a steamed window.

Oh, what a thrill
Oh, what a sin.
For a heart throb,
Too long gone to cry again
With them smoke-filled runaway kisses