Back in '41 you met a brown eyed boy who called you pretty 早在41 ，你遇到了一个棕色眼睛的男孩谁漂亮，你叫

He'd walk everyday a couple miles out of his way to hold your hand and keep you company 他会每天走几英里外他的方式来牵你的手和你做伴

   

Your mama said don't call it love at 14 你妈妈说，不要把它叫做爱14

But sitting on that front porch swing 但是，坐在那门廊秋千

   

He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck 他说，你穿在你脖子上的挂坠盒给你他的照片

Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget 离开它在身旁，你的心脏，所以你不会忘记

The way it felt when he held your hand 事情是这样觉得，当他牵着你的手

And you swore that you would never take it off 而你发誓你永远不会把它关闭

And the butterflies you felt said it all 而你觉得蝴蝶说这一切

You were falling with a boy inside your locket 你已经坠入你的小盒里面一个男孩

   

Back in '43 your brown eyed boy went over seas and had to leave town for a little while 早在43你的棕色眼睛的男孩走过去，海洋，不得不离开镇一小会儿

He swore he'd marry you as soon as the war was through, you would be his wife 他发誓，他会尽快和你结婚的战争是通过，你会是他的妻子

   

Standing in the pouring rain 站在瓢泼大雨中

You cried as you watched him ride away 你哭了，你看着他骑走

But everyday 但日常

   

You had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck 你有他的照片中，你穿在你脖子上的挂坠盒

Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget 离开它在身旁，你的心脏，所以你不会忘记

The way his kiss tasted on your lips 他的吻尝过你的嘴唇的方法

And everyday felt like a lifetime with him gone 与日常感觉就像一辈子跟他走了

And you prayed that God would bring him safely home 而你祈祷，上帝会带给他安全回家

'Cause you made a promise to the boy inside your locket “因为你做了一个承诺，这个男孩的盒子里

   

Oh, 60 years you two had together and he's been gone for a couple now 呵呵60年代，你俩在一起，他已经走了一对夫妇，现在

And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember 它打破了我的心脏，看看你很难记住

And I've been writing all your memories down 我已经写所有的记忆下来

   

And I stopped by today to read a couple pages 我停下来今天读几页

Grandma, you sure look pretty 奶奶，你肯定看俏

And you smile that smile, the one I haven't seen in quite a while 而你微笑的笑脸，就是我还没有看到在相当长的一段

And you said to me, I want you to keep 而你对我说，我希望你能保持

   

His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck 他在一个小盒，我戴在我的脖子上的图片

The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget 一个我离开了我的心脏旁边，所以我不会忘记

The greatest love and the greatest man I've ever known 最伟大的爱和最大的人，我所知道的

But it's getting time for me to head on home 但它越来越时候让我头就回家

She said, that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don't wanna keep him long 她说，那棕色眼睛的男孩在等待，我不想让他长

Heaven is calling, and she said, my heart is longing 天堂的呼唤，她说，我的心脏是向往

For the boy inside your locket 为了您的盒子里面的小男孩