Your shine how it makes me shivernThe line you tracenIt says you can still forgive hernAnd she will forgive you backnnOh, hey, fireflynOh, why, fireflynnAnd I'd given up alreadynAnd I'd let my eyes adjustnWhen blinking and unsteadynYou say come innnOh, why, fireflynOh, why, fireflynnSo I will takenThis new shapenBut tell me, darlin'nWhat difference will it make?nnAnd, oh, how it drifts through eveningnAnd into the darkening nightnnAnd when I shine, she sees menOh, so brief and brightnnBrief and bright, fireflynOh, why, fireflynnSo I will take to this new shapenAnd will she knownWill I show how I can glow?nnOh, why, fireflynBrief and bright, fireflynOh, so brief and brightnOh, so brief and brightnOh, so brief and brightnOh, so brief and brightnOh, so brief and brightnOh, so brief and brightnOh, so brief and brightnOh, so brief and brightnOh, so brief and bright