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