Bonnie Hayes is an American singer/songwriter, musician and record producer from San Francisco, California. Her songs have been recorded by Cher, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Cole, Robert Cray, David Crosby, Adam Ant and Booker T and the MGs.
Hayes is the eldest of seven children and she attended Washington High School and San Francisco State University. Her brother, Chris, was the lead guitarist for Huey Lewis and the News, and another brother, Kevin, the drummer with the Robert Cray Band. Her family moved to San Francisco from the San Joaquin Valley in 1970 and Hayes joined the jazz fusion band, Sweetmeat and taught piano and music theory at the Blue Bear School of Music.
In the early 1980s, Hayes founded the new wave band, The Punts, and released the single, "Shelly's Boyfriend". In 1982, the band was signed by Slash Records and changed the name to "Bonnie Hayes with the Wild Combo". A song from the album called "Girls Like Me" appeared in the 1983 movie Valley Girl. Her album, Brave New Girl was released on Bondage Records. Hayes and her band toured as the opening act for Huey Lewis and the News. After being signed by Huey Lewis and the News's publishing company, Hayes signed with Chrysalis Records and in 1987 released the album Bonnie Hayes. "Some Guys", the first single from the record, was recorded by Cher.
Responsibility is a foreign word to me
it's time to buckle down
time to stand your ground
set any way of life for which you abide by
while not always the ways you would take
set them before you make a mistake
open your eyes and see
I've got too much fun ahead of me
I've got too much fun ahead of me
reality doesn't, it doesn't refer to me
the real worlds no big deal
what's real is what you feel
so tell me now buddy: what are you gonna do?
Will you take advice from me?
Will you be who you wanna be?
You could be going down along ways before me
I've got too much fun ahead of me
I've got too much fun ahead of me
reality doesn't, it doesn't refer to me
the real worlds no big deal, what's real is what you feel
so tell me now buddy: what are you gonna do?
Will you take advice from me?
Will you be who you wanna be?
You could be going down along ways before me
I've got too much fun ahead of me