Interpreting The Song 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' By Cyndi Lauper

“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper

“Girls Just Wanna have Fun” is about a girl, Cyndi Lauper, telling her parents that they need not worry about her life choices. The song starts with her walking home the morning after a party and her mom begins yelling at her for not living her life in a proper, wholesome way, to which Cyndi replies that girls would rather have fun than sit around doing nothing all day. The next stage of the song has Cyndi’s father berating her for receiving calls in the middle of the night. Her father then asks her what she is planning to do with her life, and she has the same response that she, along with all other women, is just seeking fun and freedom. She is using this answer as a way to condone her actions

This theme is that Cyndi Lauper wants to have fun and do whatever she feels like doing, because that is what she believes will bring her joy. In fact, one could say that according to Lauper, a girl’s only purpose in life is to just continue to have fun. Therefore, the only truths to her are that you should do whatever feels right to you. Another theme that can be derived from the song is actually taken from the parents. Although it’s a seemingly insignificant part of the song, the parents show that there are actual morals and rules that should be followed. The mother asks Cyndi “when she’s gonna live her life right”, which show that to the parents at least, there is a right and a

The reason why it is most similar to these two and not to the others is because the parents believe in a right and a wrong that are not determined by yourself, but instead from some other source. We know that they believe in these morals because of the statement that the mom makes to the daughter saying “when you gonna live your life right”. The father also asks “what are you gonna do with your life”, which could infer that there is an actual meaning to life, and we weren’t just placed on this planet for no