In the winter time you can almost see my breath
But you cant see what those shades of gray keep covered
That was my tail gunner ole Johnny Magee
All dressed up, the day we said our vows
In the middle of hell in 1943
Like a couple of kids just tryin’ to save each other
You should've seen it in color
This is me and grandma in the summer sun
That’s me and uncle Joe just tryin’ to survive
If it looks like we were scared to death
A cotton farm in a great depression
You should've seen it in color
A pictures worth a thousand words
Times were tough back in '35
You can't tell it here but it was hot that June
And just look at that smile, I was so proud
He was a high school teacher from New Orleans
You should've seen it in color
This one is my favorite one
If it looks like we were scared to death
But you can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered
Is that you there? He said yeah, I was 11
Like a couple of kids just tryin’ to save each other
You should've seen it in color
And that rose was red and her eyes were blue
Like a couple of kids just tryin’ to save each other
And he had my back right through the day we left
Oh, and this one here was taken over seas
You should have seen it in color
But you cant see what those shades of gray keep covered
A picture's worth a thousand words
Yeah, a pictures worth a thousand words
You should have seen it in color
That’s the story of my life right there in black and white
And if it looks like we were scared to death
