The Locket Lyrics - Wild Flower - Lauren Alaina

Back in '41, you met a brown-eyed boy 

Who called you pretty 

He'd walk every day, couple miles out of his way 

To hold your hand and keep you company 

Your mama said, don't call it love at 14 

But sittin' 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 

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Back in '43, 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 everyday 

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 everyday 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, 60 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 

But 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 smiled 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 gettin' time for me to head on home 

She said, that brown-eyed boy is waiting 

And I don't want to keep him long 

Heaven is calling 

And she said, my heart is longing 

For the boy inside your locket