Lauren Alaina - The Locket Lyrics

Back in forty one, you met a brown eyed boy who called you pretty
He walk every day a couple miles out of his way
To hold your hand and keep you company
Your mama said don't call it love at fourteen
But sitting on that front porch swing

He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
The way it felt when he held your hand
And you swore that you would never take it off
And the butterflies you felt said it all
You were falling for the boy inside your locket

Back in forty three, the brown eyed boy went overseas
And had to leave town for a little while
He swore he'd marry you as soon as the war was through
You would be his wife, standing in the pouring rain
You cried as you watched him ride away but every day

You had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
The way his kiss tasted on your lips
And every day felt like a lifetime with him gone
And you prayed that God would bring him safely home
'Cause you made a promise to the boy inside your locket

Oh, sixty years you two had together
But he's been gone for a couple now
And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
And I've been writing all your memories down

And I stopped by today to read a couple pages
Grandma, you sure look pretty and you smile that smile
The one I haven't seen in quite a while
And you said to me

I want you to keep his picture in a locket that I wore around my neck
The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget
The greatest love and the greatest man I've ever known
But it's getting time for me to head on home

She said, "That brown eyed boy is waiting
And I don't wanna keep him long, heaven is calling"
And she said, "My heart is longing for the boy inside your locket"