Emmylou Harris - Coat Of Many Colors lyrics

Back through the years I
Go wondering once again
Back to the seasons of my youth
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
And how my mamma put these rags to use

There were rags of many colors
Every piece was small
And I didn't have a coat
It was way down in the fall
Mamma sewed the rags together
Sewing ever piece with love
She made my coat of many colors
I was so proud of

As she sewed she told the 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
Much love and happiness
And I just couldn't wait to wear it
As mamma blessed it with a kiss

My coat of many colors that
My mamma made for me
Made from only rags, but I wore it so proudly
Though we had no money I was
Rich as I could be in my coat of many colors
My mamma made for me

So with patches on my breaches and
Holes in both my shoes
In my coat of many colors well
I started off to school
Just to find the children laughing
And makin' fun of me
In my coat of many colors
My mamma made for me

Now I didn't understand it for I
Felt that I was rich
And I told them of the love
My mamma sewed in every stitch
And all the story mamma told
Me while she sewed
And how my coat of many colors is
Worth more than all of their clothes

They didn't under stand it and I
Tried to make them see
That one is only poor only
If they choose to be
And though we didn't have much money I
Was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors
My mamma made for me
In my coat of many colors my
Mamma just made for me