[ti:The Locket] [ar:Lauren Alaina] [al:Wildflower] [00:00.00]LAUREN ALAINA - The Locket [00:04.00] [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 [04:49.78]