Coat of Many Colors

Coat Of Many Colors - The Comptones

Back through the years I go wondering once again

Back to the seasons of my youth

I recall a box of rags someone gave us

How my momma put those rags to use

There were rags of many colors every piece was small

And I didn't have a coat it was late in the fall

Sewed the rags together she sewed every piece with love

She made my coat of many colors 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 she said

Perhaps this coat will bring you good luck and happiness

And I just couldn't wait to wear it

It's momma blessed it with a kiss

My coat of many colors that my momma made for me

Made from only rags but I wore it so proudly

Well we didn't have much money

I was rich as I could be

In my coat of many colors my momma 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

In my coat of many colors

My momma made for me

And oh I couldn't understand it

For I felt I was rich

And I told them of the love

My momma sewed in every stitch

And I told 'em all the story

Momma told me while she 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 momma made for me

Made just for me