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       La la la la la la la