Black And White Prints Joseph Ross Huffman Analysis

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Black & white prints
By: Joseph Ross Huffman

(Verse 1)
Picture of a baby taken long ago
Now an old man long in his grave
Life just a moment only a picture saved
Kept in a photo all through the days
(Chorus)
Black and white prints
Faded as the memories
Looked at for a glance
Then piled in a stack
Dusty and worn
Just as the scene that’s shown
That’s what I like about
Black and white prints
(Verse 2)
She was a young lady many years ago
Skipping through daises singing a simple song
Now her days are short as she waits for God
Reminiscing of decades gone by so fast
(Repeat Chorus)
(Verse 3)
The day of their wedding both their smiles glowed
This day they’d be forever what seasons would hold
He in a tuxedo she in a veiled gown
Their heyday is over

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