Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), is a Grammy Award-winning singer (who possesses a four-octave vocal range) and Emmy Award-winning film, television and theatre actress. Her melodic voice and wild costumes have come to epitomize the 1980s and New Wave — the decade and genre in which she first came to fame. Born in Queens, New York to Swiss German-American Fred Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique. She began her career in a cover band, but soon began performing her own songs - though she almost quit singing altogether due to strained vocal chords in 1977). By 1980 she'd released a rockabilly album on Polydor with the band Blue Angel.
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Dancing with a Stranger Lyrics
Cyndi Lauper
Holding on to the rhythm
Im standing in my leather and lace
People move to the left, and
Move to the right, and
The whole place starts to shake
Without a net on a real high wire
Im stepping out with my heels on fire
I started dancing with a stranger
Moving to the break of day
Dancing with a stranger
And I just got swept away
Letting go my inhibitions
Is harder to do than say
But I surrender to the beat
I start shuffling my feet
When I hear that music play
I trip the light fantastic
I touch the sky and it feels like magic
I started dancing with a stranger
Moving to the break of day
Dancing with a stranger
And I just got swept away
Give me a dance, dance
Dancing with a stranger
And it takes my breath away
I aint looking for mister right
It doesnt matter to me
Theres something in the air
Electric I like
Igniting endlessly
I started to dance...
Without a net on a real high wire
Im stepping out with my heels on fire
I started dancing with a stranger
Moving to the break of day
Dancing with a stranger
And I just got swept away...