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
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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
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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
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