Norma Jean Coat Of Many Colors lyrics

Coat Of Many Colors by 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