Picture - Michael Ray

Cold air, Christmas Day, 1997

Pretty in her pigtails, holding up a present

Me in the metal with my front teeth missing

Rudolph on the TV, grandma in the kitchen

July '85 black Chevrolet

Sunset setting on a Lake County lake

Ten pounds on the dot written on the back

Uncle Terry’s smiling big, holding up a bat

Still hangs in a frame beside the front door

Crazy to think he ain’t here no more

One day we’re barefoot, young, and alive

The next we’re a story to think about

Somebody sure glad to have

'Cause time makes it hard to remember

So take every snapshot while you can

Tell them that you love 'em while you got the chance

Make sure that you take it in

'Cause one day all you gonna have with them

Is a picture, yeah

Bonfire party in the middle of nowhere

Might just look like buddies and some cold beer

But when it’s my time to leave

It’s all left of me

One day we’re barefoot, young, and alive

The next we’re a story to think about

Somebody sure glad to have

'Cause time makes it hard to remember

So take every snapshot while you can

Tell them that you love 'em while you got the chance

Make sure that you take it in

'Cause one day all you gonna have with them

Is a picture, yeah, oh-oh, yeah

If you think this is one of those memories that you wanna leave behind

Put your arm around who you love and tank one tonight, tonight, 'cause

One day we’re barefoot, young, and alive

The next we’re a story in a 3×5

Somebody sure glad to have

'Cause time makes it hard to remember

So take every snapshot while you can

Tell them that you love 'em while you got the chance

Make sure that you take it in

'Cause one day all you gonna have with them

Is a picture, yeah, oh-oh, yeah

Make sure that you take it in

'Cause one day all you gonna have with them

Is a picture