"In Colour" sung by Jamey Johnson

I said, Grandpa what’s this picture here
It’s all black and white it ain’t real clear
Is that you there? He said, yeah I was 11
Times were tough back in '35
That’s me and Uncle Joe just tryin’ to survive
A cotton farm in the Great Depression.

If it looks like we were scared to death
Like a couple of kids
Just trying to save each other
You should've seen it in colour.

Oh, and this one here was taken over seas
in the middle of hell
in 1943
in the winter time
you can almost see my breath
that was my tail gunner
ole Johnny Magee
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've seen it in colour.

A picture's worth a thousand words
but you can’t see what those
shades of gray keep covered
you should've seen it in colour

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.

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've seen it in colour.

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 colour.

You should have seen it in colour

Yeah 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 colour.

WHY ON EARTH?

Well, here I am, starting a blog. Unbelievable! I'll start by boring you with my story. As a young teen I became quite irritated with my parents and grandparents for not knowing who was in the picture, when and where it was. One day while going over some ancestory...I know a wierd thing for a teen to do! :)....but I was very interested and already loved antiques. I said, "Grandma, why didn't you write it down?" She said, "Oh you have no idea how I have regretted that. I thought I would always remember. And you girl, are young so do it right starting right now." I took her advice seriously and so began my journey of family trees, pictures, photo albums, baby books and yes, scrapbooking...all before scrapbooking was the in thing to do.