I said, "Grandpa, what's this picture here?
It's all black and white, and it ain't real clear
He said, “Yeah, I was eleven
And times were tough back in thirty-five
That's me and Uncle Joe just tryna survive
A cotton farm, in a Great Depression
Oh, and this one here’s taken overseas
In the middle of hell in nineteen forty-three
you can almost see my breath
That was my tail gunner ol' Johnny McGee
He was a high school teacher
right through the day we left
'N' 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
And if it looks like we were scared to death
just tryna save each oth er
You should’ve seen it in col or
Yeah, a picture's worth a thousand words
what those shades of gray keep cov ered
