In Color

(lyrics to In Color, by Jamie Johnson) * yes, I know all of the lyrics don't fit, but there were so many things that did...

"I said, Grandpa, what's this picture here? It's all black and white and ain't real clear. Is that you there? He said, yeah, I was eleven. Times were tough back in thirty-five. That's me and Uncle Joe, just trying 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 1943. 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, 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." Thank you, Dad/Grandpa, for adding the color to our world. 1937-2010.