From the recording Last Night In Roseburg
"Firefly"
Written by Steve Poltz ("You Were Meant for Me" by Jewel), and Maia Sharp (The Dixie Chicks, Cher, Trisha Yearwood).
My sweet friend, Steve Poltz, came to me and suggested I record "Firefly", which he wrote with Maia Sharp. I listened and totally agreed. Love this song. Its lyrics really spoke to me.
Lyrics
"Firefly"
by Steve Poltz & Maia Sharp
I'm way down here, you're way up there
I don't like heights and I'm feeling scared
Got a trampoline to call your bluff
Didn't quite get me high enough
Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh
Verse
So I made some wings of feather and glue but when I got too close to you
It melted off and fell apart and left me falling fast and hard
Like a firefly, tried to fly too high
Chorus
High in the thin air
Why, cause I put you there
You're too beautiful to be reachable and it's so unfair
If I let you come down, I could stop flying around, like a firefly,
Verse
Big ol moon and whip cream sky
I could push the clouds with a heavy sigh
Drops of rain and buckets of doubt
That's when I started burning out
Like a firefly, tried too fly to high
Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhh Ahhhh Ahhh
Verse
I'm all aglow, my fuses are bright
buzzes are loud but I won't bite
A couple of feet above the earth
Come on down and I'll make it worth your while
Chorus
High in the thin air, why, cause I put you there
You're too beautiful to be reachable and it's so unfair
If I let you come down, I could stop flying around, like a firefly, like a firefly
OOohhh ooohh ooohh