[00:13.11]Back in a 41' you met a brown-eyed boy
[00:19.92]Who called you pretty
[00:25.11]He’d walk every day' couple miles out of his way
[00:30.48]To hold your hand and keep you company
[00:36.61]Your mama said' don’t call it love at 14
[00:42.55]But sittin’ on that front porch swing
[00:47.42]He gave you his picture in a locket
[00:50.74]That you wore around your neck
[00:53.80]Left it right beside your heart
[00:57.05]So you would not forget
[01:00.23]The way it felt when he held your hand
[01:11.92]And you swore that you would never take it off
[01:18.24]And the butterflies you felt said it all
[01:24.61]You were falling for the boy inside your locket
[01:37.11]Back in a 43' the brown-eyed boy went overseas
[01:42.36]And had to leave town for a little while
[01:48.92]He swore he’d marry you
[01:51.86]As soon as the war was through
[01:54.55]You would be his wife
[02:00.61]Standing in the pouring rain
[02:03.23]
[02:06.37]You cried as you watched him ride away
[02:11.49]But everyday
[02:14.81]You had his picture in a locket
[02:18.18]That you wore around your neck
[02:20.74]Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
[02:27.31]The way his kiss tasted on your lips
[02:38.87]And everyday felt like a lifetime with him gone
[02:44.87]And you prayed that God would bring him safely home
[02:51.06]‘Cause you made a promise
[02:55.56]To the boy inside your locket
[03:02.87]Oh' 60 years you two had together
[03:10.37]But he’s been gone for a couple now
[03:15.06]And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
[03:22.43]But I’ve been writing all your memories down
[03:26.93]And I stopped by today
[03:30.37]To read a couple pages
[03:33.87]Grandma' you sure look pretty
[03:38.81]And you smiled that smile
[03:45.37]The one I haven’t seen in quite a while
[03:50.81]And you said to me' I want you to keep
[03:57.12]His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck
[04:02.68]The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget
[04:09.37]The greatest love and the greatest man
[04:13.45]I’ve ever known
[04:16.57]
[04:20.88]But it’s gettin’ time for me to head on home
[04:26.57]She said' that brown-eyed boy is waiting
[04:29.76]And I don’t want to keep him long
[04:33.82]Heaven is calling
[04:38.39]And she said' my heart is longing
[04:43.70]For the boy inside your locket