Me and Charlie boy used to go walkin
Sittin in the woods behind my house
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
Said we'd never let our love run dry
like so many do these days

So we treat our love like a fire fly
Like it only gets to shine
For a little while
Catch it in a mason jar with holes in the top
Run like hell
To show it off
The promises we made when we'd go walkin
Thats just me and Charlie talkin

Charlie always said he'd like to leave here
Turned eighteen and 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
then you look up and it's gone

So you treat your love like a fire fly
Like it only gets to shine
For a little while
Catch it in a mason jar with holes in the top
Run like hell
To show it off
The promises we made when we'd go walkin
Thats just me and Charlie talkin

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 fire fly
Like it only gets to shine
For a little while
Catch it in a mason jar with holes in the top
Run like hell
To show it off
The promises we made when we'd go walkin
Thats just me and Charlie
Me and Charlie talkin

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