8 x 10

Story Behind The Song

story of an old prisoner who has an unrequited love for a starlet he's never met...his only source of hope and affection within the four walls of prison, simple song, classically old school

Song Description

prison song

Song Length 2:28 Genre Country - Cowboy, Country - Traditional
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Serene, Heartbreaking Subject Hope, Unrequited Love
Similar Artists Willie Nelson, Clint Black Language English
Era 1980 - 1989

Lyrics

8 x 10
Sepia photograph is all I have left
Made to pretend, had to laugh
infatuation I guess
and though we'll never meet this side of heaven
your smile will always grace this lovely face
in this old 8 x 10

Your just an old photograph
in a time long past
a starlet in an old movie still
and you've long since past away
and yet today I love you still and I guess I always will
it's no sin
it's just an old 8 x 10

8 x 10
these four walls are closing in
locked away for all these years
without a friend
but I got this old 8 x 10
it's all that I possess
and I can still pretend you'll be waiting for me then
and then I realize
it's just an old 8 x 10

Lyrics James Shepard Music James Shepard
Performance James Shepard

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