"True Colors" 是 Cyndi Lauper 的代表作之一。歌詞內容主要是描述女主角被挫敗和失落，然後看到她真正無懼和勇敢的風采，其中就隱含了真正的色彩。以下是部分歌詞：
Well they tried to make me be the clown
為了把我塑造成小丑他們盡其所能
Make me wear this fake smile
使我戴著假笑的面具
I try to stay inside my room
我試著躲在自己的小天地
Cause they didn't like what they saw in me
因為他們看不到我內心真正的自我
But now I'm starting to feel like
現在的我開始找回自信
Oh, yeah, oh yeah
喔耶，喔耶
My true colors come shining through
我真正的色彩，耀眼的綻放出來
Chorus:
And they're like, "Yeah, you'll never change"
他們嘲笑我永遠不會改變
But I just turn on my favorite dress
但我只是轉身穿上我最愛的裙子
And my favorite smile and I'm off again"
再添上我的微笑，我再次踏上征途
And now they see the real me
現在他們看到真正的我
Oh, yeah, oh yeah
喔耶，喔耶
My true colors come shining through
我真正的色彩，耀眼的綻放出來
(Oh, yeah)
(喔耶)
Now they can't hide the truth
現在他們無法掩飾真相了
Oh, yeah, oh yeah
喔耶，喔耶
They knew it all along
他們一直都知道啊
Yeah, they thought they knew me, oh no (x2)
他們一直認為他們了解我，喔不！
They tried to turn my light out
他們試圖熄滅我的光芒
But I got my true colors back again (x2)
但我再次找回我真正的色彩。