Lauren alaina
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The locket
Back in forty one, you met a brown-eyed boy
Who called you pretty
Hed walk every day, couple miles out of his way
To hold your hand and keep you company
Your mama said, dont call it love at fourteen
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
Back in forty three, the brown-eyed boy went overseas
And had to leave town for a little while
He swore hed 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, sixty years you two had together
But hes been gone for a couple now
And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
But Ive 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 havent 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 Ive ever known
But its gettin time for me to head on home
She said, that brown-eyed boy is waiting
And I dont want to keep him long
Heaven is calling
And she said, my heart is longing
For the boy inside your locket
Writers: MALLARY HOPE
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