Coat Of Many Colors Lyrics - Norma Jean

Back through the years I go wonderein' once again back to the seasons of my youth 

I recall the box of rags that someone gave us 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 sewed 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 it all from the rags that 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 

So with patches on my breaches and holes in both my shoes 

In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school 

Just to find the others laughin' and a makin' point of me 

In my coat of many colors my mama made for me 

And oh I couldn't understand it I felt I was rich 

And I told them all the love my mama sewed in every stitch 

And I told them all the story mama told me while she sewed 

And how my coat of many colors was much 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 used to be 

Now I know we had no money I was rich as I could be 

In my coat of many colors my mama made for me made just for me