I said Grandpa what ' s this picture here

It ' s all black and white and ain ' t real clear

Is that you he said yeah I was eleven

Times were tough back in thirty-five

That ' s me and Uncle Joe just tryin ' to survive

A cotton farm in the Great Depression

And if it looks like we were scared to death

Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other

You should have seen it in color

This one here was taken overseas

In the middle of hell in nineteen forty-three

In the winter time you can almost see my breath

That was my tail gunner ole ' Johnny McGee

He was a high school teacher from New Orleans

And he had my back right through the day we left

And if it looks like we were scared to death

Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other

You should have 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

This one is my favorite one

It ' s 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 trying to save each other

You should have 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

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