Back in '41 you met a blue eyed boy who called you pretty
He'd walk everyday a 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 sitting 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 with a boy inside your locket
Back in '43 your blue eyed boy went over seas 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 and he's been gone for a couple now
And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
And 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 smile 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 getting time for me to head on home
She said, that blue eyed boy is waiting and I don't wanna keep him long
Heaven is calling, and she said, my heart is longing
For the boy inside your locket
I am listing to tris sing and she sing about me and her brother is play the guitar and she in tears
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Growing Her Wings
Lauren Alaina
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Lyrics
Brothers in the backyard diggin in the dirt
Mamas in the kitchen in an old t-shirt
Daddys diesels coming up the street
And shes in her bedroom growing her wings
Ready to Run in her headphones
Pretty in pink on all ten toes
Nose in a Cosmo magazine
All the junk mama says, shes too young to read
Little do they know shes growing her wings
They got her whole life on lockdown
Doing time behind her bedroom door
I guess its alright for right now
But outside her window theres so much
More room for running and space to discover
A whole wide world to see
Shes dreaming about the girl shes gonna be
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
The neighbor boy taught her how to French kiss
And daddys got eyes in the back of his head
He said, no dating til youre 18
Now shes in her room grounded, growing her wings
They got her whole life on lockdown
Doing time behind her bedroom door
I guess its alright for right now
But outside her window theres so much
More room for running and space to discover
A whole wide world to see
Shes dreaming about the girl shes gonna be
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
