Coat Of Many Colors

Back through the the years I go wandering once again
 Back to the seasons of my youth
 I recall the box of rags 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
 Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love
 She made my coat of many colors that I was so proud of
 As she sewed she told a story from the bible she had read
 About the coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said
 "Perhaps this coat would 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 so proudly
 Although we had no money
 Why I was rich as I could be
 In my coat of many colors, my mama made for me
 So with patches on my britches, holes in both my shoes
 In my coat of many colors, I hurried off to school
 Just to find the others laughing and making fun of me
 And 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 stitch
 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 the clothes
 But they didn't understand it and I tried to make them see
 That one is only poor only if they choose to be
 Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be
 In my coat of many colors, my mama made for me
 Made just for me