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 m 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