Verse 1
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Back in 41 you met a brown eyed boy who called you pretty
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He?d walk every day couple miles out of his way to hold your hand and keep you company
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Your mama said don?t call it love at 14 but sitting on that front porch swing
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He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
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Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget the way it felt when he held your hand
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And you swore that you would never take it off and the butterflies you felt said it all
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You were falling with a boy inside your locket
Verse 2
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Back in 43 that brown eyed boy went overseas and had to leave town for a little while
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He swore he?d marry you soon as the war was through you would be his wife
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Standing in the pouring rain you cried as you watched him ride away
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But every day you had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
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Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget the way his kiss tasted on your lips
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And every day felt like a lifetime with him gone and you pray that god would bring him safely home
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Cuz you made a promise to the boy inside your locket
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Oh 60 years you 2 had together he?s been gone for a couple now 
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And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember 
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I?ve been writing all your memories down
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And I stop by today to read a couple pages
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Grandma you sure look pretty and you smile that smile
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The one I haven?t seen in quite a while and you said to me
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I want you to keep
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His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck
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The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget the greatest love
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And the greatest man I?ve ever known
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But it?s getting time for me to head on home
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She said that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don?t wanna keep him long
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Heaven is calling and she said my heart is longing for the boy inside your locket