In Color

I said, "Grandpa, what's this picture here?

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

Is that you there?", he said, "Yeah, I was 11"

"And times were tough back in '35

That's me and Uncle Joe just tryna survive a cotton farm

In a great depression"

If it looks like we were scared to death

Like a couple of kids just tryna save each other

You should've seen it in color

Oh, and this one here's taken overseas

In the middle of hell in 1943, in the wintertime

You can almost see my breath

That was my tail gunner ol' 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 tryna 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 tryna 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

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