I said Grandpa what's this picture here
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It's all black and white, and it ain't real clear
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Is that you there, he said yeah, I was eleven
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And times were tough, back in thirty-five
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That's me and Uncle Joe just tryin' to survive
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A cotton farm, in the Great Depression
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And if it looks like we were scared to death
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Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
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You should've seen it in color
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This one here was taken overseas
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In the middle of hell, in nineteen forty-three
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In the winter time, you can almost see my breath
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That was my tail gunner ole' Johnny McGee
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He was a high school teacher from New Orleans
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And he had my back, right through the day we left
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If it looks like we were scared to death
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Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
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You should've seen it in color
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A picture's worth a thousand words
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But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered
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You should've seen it in color
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And this one is my favorite one
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This is me and grandma in the, summer sun
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All dressed up, the day we said our vows
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You can't tell it here but it was hot that June
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And that rose was red and her eyes were blue
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And just look at that smile, I was so proud
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That's the story of my life
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Right there in black and white
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And if it looks like we were scared to death
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Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
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You should've seen it in color
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Yeah a picture's worth a thousand words
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But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered
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You should've seen it in color
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(Should've seen it in color)
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In Color
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| Jamey Johnson |
