Lyrics

[Verse 1] Me and Charlie boy used to go walking Sitting 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 [Chorus] 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 walking That's just me and Charlie talking [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 walking That's just me and Charlie talking [Bridge] Now and then I sometimes think of Charlie And how we thought we knew it all back then Now I'd give anything to feel love from a child's heart again [Chorus] 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 walking That's just me and Charlie, me and Charlie talking [Outro] La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la