Me and Charlie boy
used to go walking
Sittin' in the woods
behind my house
When being lovers
meant a stolen kiss
And holding hands
with nobody else around
Charlie said he wanted
to get married
But we were only ten
so we'd have to wait
He said we'd never
let our love run dry
Like so many do these days
So we treat our love
like a firefly
Like it only gets to shine
for a little while
Catch it in a mason jar
with holes in the top
and run like hell
to show it off
Oh promises we made
when we'd go walkin'
That's just me
and Charlie talking
Charlie always said
he'd like to leave here
He turned eighteen
and he left our sleepy town
Letters came and went
and I kept waiting
For Charlie to come back
and bring the life he'd found
It's funny how time
and distance change you
The road you take
don't always lead you home
You can start a love
with good intentions
And then you look up
and it's gone
So you treat your love
like a firefly
Like it only gets to shine
for a little while
Catch it in a mason jar
with holes in the top
and run like hell
to show it off
Oh promises we made
when we'd go walkin'
That's just me
and Charlie talking
Now and then I sometimes
think of Charlie
How we thought we knew
it all back then
Now I'd give anything
to feel love
from a child's heart again
So you treat your love
like a firefly
Like it only gets to shine
for a little while
Catch it in a mason jar
with holes in the top
and run like hell
to show it off
Oh promises we made
when we'd go walkin'
That's just me and Charlie
me and Charlie talking
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