The Locket - Maggie Reilly

The streets were crowded

As they cheered the men to war

In the locket, his sadness

Was easy to see

In his hand a token

As his love he did proclaim, saying

This locket closed forever

«Till I return again

The longer you’re gone my love

The stronger my love grows for you

I know that every hour

Brings me closer to the day

If I live another thousand years

No love could ever match this passion

The winter rains could never

Wash these dreams away

Bad news has wings

In grief she swore her heart would be

Like the locket, never open

To any but he

Until a stranger she sighted

He laughed and showed the key

Read the message in the locket

And know that it’s me

The longer you’re gone my love

The stronger my love grows for you

I know that every hour

Brings me closer to the day

If I live another thousand years

No love could ever match this passion

The winter rains could never

Wash these dreams away

The longer you’re gone my love

The stronger my love grows for you

I know that every hour

Brings me closer to the day

If I live another thousand years

No love could ever match this passion

The winter rains could never

Wash these dreams away

The longer you’re gone

The longer you’re gone my love