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Back through the years |
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I go wonderin' once again |
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Back to the seasons of my youth |
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I recall a box of rags that someone gave us |
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And how my momma put the rags to use |
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There were rags of many colors |
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Every piece was small |
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And I didn't have a coat |
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And it was way down in the fall |
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Momma sewed the rags together |
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Sewin' every piece with love |
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She made my coat of many colors |
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That I was so proud of |
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As she sewed she told a story |
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From the bible she had read |
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About a coat of many colors |
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Joseph wore and then she said |
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Perhaps this coat will bring you |
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Good luck and happiness |
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And I just couldn't wait to wear it |
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And momma blessed it with a kiss |
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My coat of many colors |
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That my momma made for me |
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Made only from rags |
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But I wore it so proudly |
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Although we had no money |
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I was rich as I could be |
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In my coat of many colors |
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My momma made for me |
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So with patches on my britches |
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Holes in both my shoes |
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In my coat of many colors |
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I hurried off to school |
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Just to find the others laughing |
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And making fun of me |
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In my coat of many colors |
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My momma made for me |
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And oh I couldn't understand it |
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For I felt I was rich |
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And I told them of the love |
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My momma sewed in every stitch |
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And I told em all the story |
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Momma told me while she sewed |
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And how my coat of many colors |
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Was worth more than all their clothes |
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But they didn't understand it |
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And I tried to make them see |
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That one is only poor |
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Only if they choose to be |
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Now I know we had no money |
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But I was rich as I could be |
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In my coat of many colors |
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My momma made for me |
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Made just for me |