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
BUT 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
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
WELL 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 'A MAKING
FUN OF ME
AND 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 ALL
THE STORY
MAMA TOLD ME
WHILE SHE SEWED
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
MADE JUST FOR ME