Me and Charlie Talking

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

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 we made when we go walking

That's just me and Charlie talking

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 our love like a firefly

Like it only gets to shine but for a little while

You 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 go walking

That's just me and Charlie talking

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 firefly

Like it only gets to shine for a little while

Catch it in a mason jar with holes in the top

And running like hell to show it off

Oh, promises we made when we go walking

And that's just me and Charlie, me and Charlie talking

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