Me and Charlie boy used to walking Sittin in the woods behind my house When bein lovers meant a stolen kiss And holding hands with nobody else around Charlie said he wanted 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 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 when we’d go walkin That’s just me and Charlie talking
Charlie always said he’d like to leave here So he turned 18 and left our sleepy town Letters came and went and I kept waiting For Charlie to come back bring the life he’d found Funny how time and distance change you The road you take Don’t always lead you home You start a love with good intentions And you look up and it’s gone
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 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 back then Now I’d give anything to feel love From a child’s heart again
So we treat 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 and Charlie talking