[00:00.00]LAUREN ALAINA - The Locket
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[00:12.81]Back in a 41, you met a brown-eyed boy
[00:19.65]Who called you pretty
[00:24.73]He’d walk every day, couple miles out of his way
[00:30.20]To hold your hand and keep you company
[00:36.29]Your mama said, don’t call it love at 14
[00:42.12]But sittin’ on that front porch swing
[00:47.29]He gave you his picture in a locket
[00:50.62]That you wore around your neck
[00:53.53]Left it right beside your heart
[00:56.94]So you would not forget
[01:00.15]The way it felt when he held your hand
[01:11.74]And you swore that you would never take it off
[01:18.04]And the butterflies you felt said it all
[01:24.49]You were falling for the boy inside your locket
[01:36.87]Back in a 43, the brown-eyed boy went overseas
[01:42.11]And had to leave town for a little while
[01:48.72]He swore he’d marry you
[01:51.66]As soon as the war was through
[01:54.31]You would be his wife
[02:00.31]Standing in the pouring rain
[02:05.86]You cried as you watched him ride away
[02:11.36]But everyday
[02:14.56]You had his picture in a locket
[02:17.63]That you wore around your neck
[02:20.62]Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
[02:27.12]The way his kiss tasted on your lips
[02:38.40]And everyday felt like a lifetime with him gone
[02:44.61]And you prayed that God would bring him safely home
[02:50.94]‘Cause you made a promise
[02:55.47]To the boy inside your locket
[03:02.81]Oh, 60 years you two had together
[03:09.84]But he’s been gone for a couple now
[03:15.05]And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
[03:22.05]But I’ve been writing all your memories down
[03:26.59]And I stopped by today
[03:30.15]To read a couple pages
[03:33.75]Grandma, you sure look pretty
[03:38.67]And you smiled that smile
[03:45.15]The one I haven’t seen in quite a while
[03:50.56]And you said to me, I want you to keep
[03:57.07]His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck
[04:02.59]The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget
[04:09.19]The greatest love and the greatest man
[04:14.26]I’ve ever known
[04:20.79]But it’s gettin’ time for me to head on home
[04:26.47]She said, that brown-eyed boy is waiting
[04:29.49]And I don’t want to keep him long
[04:33.74]Heaven is calling
[04:38.34]And she said, my heart is longing
[04:43.51]For the boy inside your locket
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