Take a Picture

Was a duck hunt
In late November
I was only nine
But I still remember
The sound of dogs
Whining in the stand
And freezing my ass
Next to my best friend

We were on the road home
After shooting our bags
'Bout halfway back
We stopped for gas
My uncle pointed up
To the diesel price

A buck ninety-nine

He laughed and said
"We're gonna wanna
Take a picture of that one
'Cus soon a picture's
All we're gonna have
Sure
Today it's a tank of gas
But someday soon
We're gonna want it back

I remember
Being seventeen
When I could fill my truck
And still pay for drinks

No way to know
What a deal I had

We're gonna wanna
Take a picture of that

Fast forward a few years
My brother's heading to prom
With the head of cheer

I coulda sworn
He was nine last week
And now he's struggling
Putting on my cufflinks

Lining up in the front yard
She was standing there
With two bare arms
And he was posted up
By the kitchen bar

I went inside

Grabbed him and said
"You're gonna wanna get
A picture of this bud

Looking back
It's all you'll really miss

I couldn't say
Where most of my friends went
But I can still taste
My first real kiss

All alone
On her back porch
Sneaky hands
And Sunset orange

I can smell her hair
While it fades to black

I'd give the skin on my back
For a picture of that

Picture of that
Picture of that

My lock screen is a picture
Of my mom
She's smiling
And throwing two
Thumbs up
And it's kinda stupid
And she
Asked me not to use it
But I
Look at it sometimes
When I'm sure
I'm gonna lose it

'Cus it's the stupid little
Things I've found to be
Worth the trouble of
Looking down to see

You are alive

You are alive

Alive
And able
To be loved