Back through the years
I go wandering once again
Back to the seasons of my youth
And I recall the box of rags
that someone gave us
And how my mama put these 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
And 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,
I hope this coat will bring you
much love 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 red,
but oh how I it so proudly
Although we had no money,
I was rich as I could be
And my coat of many colors
mama made for me
So it patches on my braces
and holes in both my shoes
And my coat of many colors
I hurried out to school
Just to find the others
laughing and making fun for me
And my coat of many colors
my mama made for me
Oh, I couldn't understand it
For I felt that I was rich
And I told them all the love
my mama sewed in every stitch
And I told them all the stories
Mama told me what she sewed
And how my coat of many colors
Is worth more than all their clothes
They didn't understand it
And I tried to make them see
That one is lonely, poor, lonely
an d they chose to be
Now I know we'd have no money
But I'm as rich as I can be
And my coat of many colors
Mama made it for me
Just for me you