Tiny Golden Locket Lyrics - Ed Bruce

I walked into a tavern to have a drink and kill some time 

A little boy approached me with tears in his eyes 

He wasn't more that five or six but he stood like a man 

With a tiny golden locket clutched in his little hand 

He opened up the locket I saw a picture there 

He said sir that's my mommie please have you seen her anywhere 

She's all I have now in this world I must find her if I can 

Then he kissed the tiny locket clutched in his little hand 

I watched him leave and wondered where he go from here 

Then the scream of brakes along the street turned me cold with fear 

I ran and saw him lying there in the street so cold and dead 

With the tiny golden locket still in his little hand 

A woman staggered from the car to see what she had done 

She looked upon his little face then recognized her only son 

She cried oh Lord what have I done forgive me if you can 

And the tiny golden locket fell from his little hand