Picture a Hero by TuiGorge published on 2013-08-16T09:23:32Z Lyrics by Paul David Booth Music and vocal by Richard McGrath I really liked Paul David's poem/lyrics so asked him if i could try a song using them. He agreed so here it is. Picture a Hero - By John Paul Booth and Richard McGrath Yesterday I found a crumpled photograph Tucked into a hollow in the floor There's my Grandpa standing with his bride to be Just be-fore he went off to the war. He looks smart and eager, in his uni- form She's so pretty in her Sunday dress I can almost hear her laughing, happi-ly And pro-testing that her hair's a mess The war is won, the war is lost the tearful left, to count the cost Of every-one that ever died Be-lieving, God was on their side Grandpa never shared his war-time memories He'd just stand up quietly and leave If the conversation ever turned that way He'd let other men their silk yarns weave. Grandpa, of that crumpled, faded photograph Never came back from the war they say Somehow part of him got left be-hind out there Somewhere part of him just drained a-way. The war is won, the war is lost the tearful left, to count the cost Of every-one that ever died Be-lieving, God was on their side War-time records show him in the in-fantry And they list the medals Grandpa won They say he's a hero, made his nation proud Grandpa never showed them to his sons. Grandpa, he once said to me, " All men feel fear Though some try and and never let it show It can take less courage to act as the 'brave' Than to be a 'coward' and say 'no' ". The war is won, the war is lost the tearful left, to count the cost Of every-one that ever died Be-lieving, God was on their side Yesterday I found a crumpled photo-graph Tucked into a hollow in the floor Hidden, just like Grandpa's faded me-mories Of the man he was before the war. Genre Maybe a bit country