DOLLY PARTON - Coat of Many Colors [Live] lyrics

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Coat of Many Colors [Live]

(Dolly Parton)

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, sewin 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 hapiness."

And I just couldn't wait to wear it and mama blessed it with a kiss.

Chorus:

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 I was rich as I could be

In my coat of many colors, my mama made for me.

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.

Chorus:

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 all the story, mama told me while sewed

And how my coat of many colors, was worth more than all their 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...