me and charlie boy used to go walkin'   sittin' in the woods behind my house    bein lovers meant i stole a kiss    and holdin' hands with nobody else around   charlie said he wanted to get married    we were only ten so we had to wait   said we'd never let our love run dry like    so many do these days   *chorus   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    toshow it off   oh papa says we made when we'd go walkin'    but thats just me and charlie talkin      charlie always said he'd like to leave here   he turned 18 and left our sleepy town   letters came and went and i kept waiting   for charlie to come back   and bring the life he found   its funny how time and distace change you   the road you take dont always lead you on   you can start a love with good intentions   and you'll look up and its gone   *chorus   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 childs heart again   *chorus   la la la la la   la la la la la