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Me and Charlie boy used to go walkin',
sittin? in the woods behind my house
When bein' lovers meant a stolen kiss,
and holdin' hands with nobody else around
(Verse 2)
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 talkin',
(Verse 3)
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,
(Verse 4)
It's funny how the time and distance change you,
the road you take don?t always lead you home
You can start a love with good intentions
and you'll look up and it?s gone
So you 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 talkin',
(Break)
Now an then I sometimes think of Charlie,
how we thought we knew it all back 'en
Now I?d give anything to feel love,
from a child?s heart again
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, me an Charlie talkin'