Coat Of Many Colors Lyrics |
Artist(Band):Dolly Parton |
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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 |
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 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 |
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My coat of many colors that my mama made for me |
Made only from rags but I wore it so proudly |
Although we had no money I was rich as I could be |
In my coat of many colors my mama made for me |
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So 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 making fun of me |
In my coat of many colors my mama made for me |
And oh I couldn't understand it for I felt I was rich |
And I told them of the love my mama sewed in every stitch |
And I told them of the story mama told me while she sewed |
And how my coat of many colors was worth more than all their clothes |
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They didn't understand it and I tried to make them see |
That one is only poor only if they choose to be |
I know we had no money but I was as rich as I could be |
In my coat of many colors my mama made for me made just for me |