I SAID GRANDPA WHAT'S
THIS PICTURE HERE IT'S
ALL BLACK AND WHITE
AND AIN'T REAL CLEAR
IS THAT YOU THERE
HE SAID YEAH
I WAS ELEVEN
AND TIMES WERE TOUGH
BACK IN THIRTY-FIVE
THAT'S ME AND
UNCLE JOE JUST TRYIN'
TO SURVIVE
A COTTON FARM
AND A GREAT
DEPRESSION
AND IF IT LOOKS LIKE
WE WERE SCARED
TO DEATH
LIKE A COUPLE OF KIDS
JUST TRYIN' TO SAVE
EACH OTHER
YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN IT
IN COLOR
AW AND THIS ONE HERE
WAS TAKEN OVERSEAS
IN THE MIDDLE OF HELL
NINETEEN FORTY-THREE
IN THE WINTERTIME
YOU CAN ALMOST SEE
MY BREATH
AND THAT WAS
MY TAILGUNNER
OLD JOHNNY McGHEE
HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER
FROM NEW ORLEANS
AND HE HAD MY BACK
RIGHT THROUGH THE DAY
WE LEFT
IF IT LOOKS LIKE
WE WERE SCARED
TO DEATH LIKE A COUPLE
OF KIDS JUST TRYIN'
TO SAVE EACH OTHER
YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN IT
IN COLOR
A PICTURE'S WORTH
A THOUSAND WORDS
BUT YOU CAN'T SEE
WHAT THOSE SHADES
OF GRAY KEEP COVERED
YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN IT
IN COLOR
AND THIS ONE IS
MY FAVORITE ONE
THIS IS ME
AND GRANDMA IN THE
SUMMER SUN
ALL DRESSED UP
THE DAY WE SAID
OUR VOWS
YOU CAN'T TELL IT HERE
BUT IT WAS HOT
THAT JUNE
THAT ROSE WAS RED
AND HER EYES
WERE BLUE
AND JUST LOOK AT
THAT SMILE
I WAS SO PROUD
THAT'S THE STORY
OF MY LIFE
RIGHT THERE IN BLACK
AND WHITE
AND IF IT LOOKS LIKE
WE WERE SCARED
TO DEATH
LIKE A COUPLE OF KIDS
JUST TRYIN'
TO SAVE EACH OTHER
YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN IT
IN COLOR
YEAH A PICTURE'S
WORTH A THOUSAND
WORDS
BUT YOU CAN'T SEE
WHAT THOSE SHADES
OF GRAY KEEP COVERED
YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN IT
IN COLOR