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 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 were made when we´d go walkin´, that´s just me and Charlie talking

Charlie always said he´d like to leave here, so 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
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 were made when we were walking that´s just me and Charlie talking

Now and then I sometimes think of Charlie and how we thought we new 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 were made when we were walking that´s just me and Charlie talking

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