The Goonies R Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper

Artist: Cyndi Lauper
Song: The Goonies R Good Enough
Year: 1985
Album: The Goonies

Cyndi Lauper has stated many times that she hated this song. I can understand her point. It is totally a product of the eighties. Overproduction, corny sounds and tied in with a kids movie. All of these things usually signals throwaway track.

Cyndi was asked to be the musical director on the Goonies soundtrack album. She wanted to make it as diverse as possible. I think she succeeded. Her song contribution to the film is probably the most memorable part of the soundtrack. Although, the rest of the soundtrack is very decent.

Cyndi was hospitalized during the production of the soundtrack. That could be part of the reason why she hates the song. Sometimes a song can be associated with a horrible incident. That could be enough to push the song out of favor. It's certainly not Cyndi's best song, but it still displays her fun attitude of that era.

I can remember seeing the Goonies at the drive in. The movie is still one of my favorites from that year. It was fun to see both parts of the video after all these years. The video shoot really looked like fun. It's hard to imagine all those wrestlers working on something like that. It just shows that 1985 was a very different time than today.

Lyrics:
Here we are hanging onto our strains
Of green and blues
Break the chain and we will break down
Oh it's not real if you don't feel it

Unspoken expectations
Ideals you use to play with
They've finally taken shape

What's good enough for you
Is good enough for me
What's good enough
Is good enough for me
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

Woo

Now you say you're starting to
feel the push and pull
Of what could be and never can.
You mirror me stumbling through those

Old fashioned superstitions
I find too hard to break
Oh, maybe you're out of place

What's good enough for you
Is good enough for me
It's good enough
It's good enough for me
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

Good enough for you
Is good enough for me
It's good, it's good enough
It's good enough for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Old fashioned superstitions
I find too hard to break
Oh, maybe you're out of place

What's good enough for you
Is good enough for me
It's good enough
It's good enough for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Good enough for you
Is good enough for me
It's good, it's good enough
It's good enough for me
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, well, well, well
Uh-huh
Huh, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Good enough
Good enough for
Is (Goonies) good enough for me
It's good enough

Goonies

Good enough
Good enough for
Is (Goonies) good enough for me
It's good enough