True Colors

Cyndi Lauper * Track #4 On True Colors

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Album True Colors

ALBUM

Cyndi Lauper

1986

True Colors by Cyndi Lauper

Release Date

Mon Aug 25 1986

Performed by

Cyndi Lauper

Produced by

Lennie Petze & Cyndi Lauper

Writed by

Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly

About

Being one of the few songs on the album not written by Lauper, “True Colors” is still a signature song for the American singer. Lauper came up with “a very, very creative departure from” what songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly had originally written and presented to her.

The song became Laup...

True Colors Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh, I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small

[Chorus]
But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors
Are beautiful like a rainbow

[Verse 2]
Show me a smile then
Don't be unhappy
Can't remember when
I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there

[Chorus]
And I'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
Your true colors
Are beautiful like a rainbow

[Interlude]
Can't remember when I last saw you laugh

[Refrain]
If this world makes you crazy
You've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there

[Chorus]
And I'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors
True colors are shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors
Are beautiful like a rainbow

True Colors Q&A

Who wrote True Colors's ?

True Colors was written by Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly.

Who produced True Colors's ?

True Colors was produced by Lennie Petze & Cyndi Lauper.

When did Cyndi Lauper release True Colors?

Cyndi Lauper released True Colors on Mon Aug 25 1986.

What did Cyndi Lauper say about "True Colors"?

Lauper shared:

It was because my friend had just died from AIDS. It hit me in a way that I felt this was a good song to sing for his the people he left behind. So I decided to work on the words and the melody so he came up with da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, and then I realized it had to be a voice that...