Coat Of Many Colors-The Sheltons

[ti:Coat Of Many Colors] [ar:The Sheltons] [al:Country Queens Volume 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Coat Of Many Colors - The Sheltons [00:06.69]Back through the years [00:08.62]I go wonderin' once again [00:10.54] [00:12.41]Back to the seasons of my youth [00:15.40] [00:16.86]I recall a box of rags that someone gave us [00:20.82] [00:23.00]And how my momma put the rags to use [00:26.18] [00:28.08]There were rags of many colors [00:30.41] [00:31.36]Every piece was small [00:33.13] [00:34.29]And I didn't have a coat [00:36.24]And it was way down in the fall [00:38.57] [00:39.60]Momma sewed the rags together [00:41.78] [00:42.45]Sewin' every piece with love [00:44.88]She made my coat of many colors [00:47.10] [00:48.00]That I was so proud of [00:50.36] [00:52.30]As she sewed she told a story [00:54.31] [00:54.93]From the bible she had read [00:56.94] [00:57.80]About a coat of many colors [00:59.82] [01:00.64]Joseph wore and then she said [01:02.48] [01:03.76]Perhaps this coat will bring you [01:05.59] [01:06.18]Good luck and happiness [01:07.93] [01:08.81]And I just couldn't wait to wear it [01:11.73]And momma blessed it with a kiss [01:13.81] [01:16.26]My coat of many colors [01:17.89] [01:18.59]That my momma made for me [01:20.85] [01:22.12]Made only from rags [01:24.13]But I wore it so proudly [01:26.37] [01:29.23]Although we had no money [01:31.34]I was rich as I could be [01:33.56] [01:34.22]In my coat of many colors [01:36.01] [01:36.65]My momma made for me [01:39.12] [01:43.81]So with patches on my britches [01:46.14] [01:47.25]Holes in both my shoes [01:48.94] [01:49.74]In my coat of many colors [01:51.56] [01:52.09]I hurried off to school [01:54.38] [01:55.21]Just to find the others laughing [01:57.88]And making fun of me [02:00.39]In my coat of many colors [02:02.87] [02:03.53]My momma made for me [02:05.82] [02:07.76]And oh I couldn't understand it [02:10.64]For I felt I was rich [02:12.79] [02:13.59]And I told them of the love [02:15.84]My momma sewed in every stitch [02:18.07] [02:19.08]And I told 'em all the story [02:21.09] [02:21.89]Momma told me while she sewed [02:24.46]And how my coat of many colors [02:26.70] [02:27.44]Was worth more than all their clothes [02:29.88] [02:31.78]But they didn't understand it [02:34.14] [02:34.69]And I tried to make them see [02:36.59] [02:37.65]That one is only poor [02:39.76]Only if they choose to be [02:42.23] [02:43.52]Now I know we had no money [02:46.83]But I was rich as I could be [02:49.30] [02:49.96]In my coat of many colors [02:52.27]My momma made for me [02:55.04] [02:56.51]Made just for me