Virgil Brown Music

Lyrics

The Locket
Copyright 1997 Virgil Brown

The alder down field the air
The Cottonwood could sing
The wind blew something heavy from my soul
Freeing me from the feeling
That I was born to lose
The ghost of you has long since turned to stone
Turned to stone

(Chorus)
I took your locket to the river
Threw as hard as I could throw
Now it’s somewhere at the bottom of the river
With the other skipping stones
All the love I held for you has finally found a home
Somewhere at the bottom of the river
With the other skipping stones

The ravens cry
The quilted sky
A handful of clues
Your horses left a trail with their steel shoes
At the edge of the river
The trail disappeared
Lost for good beneath the river blue
River blue

(Chorus)