Back through the years I go wandering once again
Back to the seasons of my youth
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
and how my mama put the rags to use
there were rags of many colors and every piece was small
and I didn't have a coat and it was way down in the fall
momma sewed the rags together sewing every piece with love she made my coat of many colors that I was so proud ofAs she sewed she told a story from the bible she had read
about a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said
perhaps this coat will bring you good luck and happiness
and I just couldn't wait to wear it and mama blessed it with a kiss
my coat of many colors that my mama made for me
made only from rags but I wore it so proudly
Although we had money but I was rich as I could be in my coat of many colors
my mama made for meSo with patches on my britches and holes in both my shoes
in my coat of many colors I hurried off to school
just to find the others laughing and a making fun of me
in my coat of many colors my mama made for me
and oh I couldn't understand for I felt I was rich
and I told them all the love my mama sewed in every stich
and I told them all the story mama told me while she sewed
and how my coat of many colors was worth more than all their clothesBut they didn't understand and I tried to make them see
one is only poor only if they choose to be
now I know we have no money but I was rich as I could be
in my coat of many colors mama made for me
made just for me
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