In Color-Midday Sun

[ti:In Color] [ar:Midday Sun] [al:Country Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In Color - Midday Sun [00:15.23]I said Grandpa what's this picture here [00:18.96]It's all black and white and ain't real clear [00:22.87]Is that you he said yeah I was eleven [00:30.94]Times were tough back in thirty-five [00:34.10]That's me and Uncle Joe just tryin' to survive [00:37.98]A cotton farm in the Great Depression [00:45.37]And if it looks like we were scared to death [00:49.17]Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other [00:54.90]You should have seen it in color [01:01.01] [01:04.43]This one here was taken overseas [01:07.84]In the middle of hell in nineteen forty-three [01:11.93]In the winter time you can almost see my breath [01:19.15]That was my tail gunner ole' Johnny McGee [01:22.88]He was a high school teacher from New Orleans [01:26.82]And he had my back right through the day we left [01:34.21]And if it looks like we were scared to death [01:37.94]Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other [01:43.38]You should have seen it in color [01:47.71] [01:49.38]A picture's worth a thousand words [01:52.94]But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered [01:58.28]You should have seen it in color [02:03.56] [02:19.59]This one is my favorite one [02:22.87]It's me and grandma in the summer sun [02:26.84]All dressed up the day we said our vows [02:33.90]You can't tell it here but it was hot that June [02:37.64]That rose was red and her eyes were blue [02:41.36]And just look at that smile I was so proud [02:50.26] [02:51.00]That's the story of my life [02:58.49]Right there in black and white [03:04.11]And if it looks like we were scared to death [03:07.91]Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other [03:13.42]You should have seen it in color [03:19.05]A picture's worth a thousand words [03:22.83]But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered [03:28.47]You should have seen it in color [03:39.80]You should have seen it in color [03:45.34]A picture's worth a thousand words [03:48.81]But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered [03:54.57]You should have seen it in color