In Color-Jamey Johnson

[00:15.02]I said, Grandpa what’s this picture here [00:19.17]It’s all black and white and ain’t real clear [00:22.73]Is that you he said, yeah I was eleven [00:27.92] [00:30.72]Times were tough back in thirty-five [00:34.11]That’s me and Uncle Joe just tryin’ to survive [00:37.88]A cotton farm in the Great Depression [00:42.83] [00:45.48]And if it looks like we were scared to death [00:49.35]Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other [00:54.87]You should have seen it in color [00:59.70] [01:04.18]This one here was taken overseas [01:08.08]In the middle of hell in nineteen forty-three [01:12.10]In the winter time you can almost see my breath [01:17.27] [01:19.68]That was my tail gunner ole’ Johnny McGee [01:23.19]He was a high school teacher from New Orleans [01:27.31]And he had my back right through the day we left [01:32.24] [01:34.72]And if it looks like we were scared to death [01:38.49]Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other [01:44.08]You should have seen it in color [01:48.68] [01:50.08]A picture’s worth a thousand words [01:53.55]But you can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered [01:58.95]You should have seen it in color [02:03.74] [02:20.37]This one is my favorite one [02:23.66]It’s me and grandma in the summer sun [02:27.54]All dressed up the day we said our vows [02:33.10] [02:34.94]You can’t tell it here but it was hot that June [02:38.67]That rose was red and her eyes were blue [02:42.34]And just look at that smile I was so proud [02:47.74] [02:51.83]That’s the story of my life [02:59.50]Right there in black and white [03:04.51] [03:04.92]And if it looks like we were scared to death [03:08.80]Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other [03:14.28]You should have seen it in color [03:18.79] [03:20.21]A picture’s worth a thousand words [03:23.67]But you can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered [03:28.99]You should have seen it in color [03:34.52] [03:40.18]You should have seen it in color [03:45.09] [03:46.22]A picture’s worth a thousand words [03:49.51]But you can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered [03:54.85]You should have seen it in color