In Color

I said, grandpa what's this picture here
It's all black and white, it ain't real clear
Is that you there?
He said, yeah I was 11
Times were tough back in '35
That's me and uncle Joe
Just tryin' to survive a cotton farm in the great depression

If it looks like we were scared to death
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
You should've seen it in color

Oh and this one here was taken over seas
In the middle of hell in 1943, in the winter time
You can almost see my breath
That was my tail gunner, ole Johnny Magee
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 trying 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

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
And 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 trying 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 have seen it in color

You should have seen it in color