Old Coat Lyrics - Peter, Paul & Mary

Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves 

Life is a hard road to travel, I believe 

I look to the east, I look to the west 

A youth asking fate to be rewardin' 

But fortune is a blind god, flying through the clouds 

And forgettin' me on this side of Jordan 

Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves 

Life is a hard road to travel, I believe 

Silver spoons to some mouths, golden spoons to others 

Dare a man to change the given order 

Though they smile and tell us, "All of us are brothers" 

Never was it true this side of Jordan 

Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves 

Life is a hard road to travel, I believe 

Like some ragged owlet with its wings expanded 

Nailed to some garden gate or boardin' 

Thus will I by some men all my life be branded 

Never hurted none this side of Jordan 

Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves 

Life is a hard road to travel, I believe