True Colors

"True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper, is the hit carrier single from her album with the same name in 1986. Ranked number one on Billboard Hot 100, and ranks 4th on Billboard's special updated top LGBT Pride songs list.

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

With a lesbian sister who inspires her, Lauper remains to be a strong ally and advocate for the LGBT community. She did the True Colors tour in 2007 and 2008 to help promote the work of the Human Rights Campaign. She also co-founded the True Colors Fund to address homelessness among LGBT youth.

The song has had several versions -- Phil Collins, then one for the Rugby World Cup, then TV series Glee (of course), and even on the movie soundtrack of Trolls. But profound respect also for the Canadian musicians who banded together as Artists Against Bullying, who did a cover of the song for Bullying Awareness Week.

We interrupt the regularly scheduled programming of liwaliw Sounds for the celebration of LGBT Pride. Love wins.