old flames (can't hold a candle to you)

downtown tonight

i saw an old friend

someone who

i use to take comfort from long before i met you

i caught a spark in his eyes of forgotten desire

with a word

or a touch

i could have rekindled that fire

but old flames can't hold a candle to you

no one can light up the night like you do

flickering embers of love

i've known one or two

but old flames can't hold a candle to you

but sometimes at night

i think of old lovers i've known

and i remember how holding them helped me not feel so alone

then i feel you beside me and even their memories are gone

like stars in the night lost in the sweet light of dawn

but old flames can't hold a candle to you

no one can light up the night like you do

flickering embers of love

i've known one or two

but old flames can't hold a candle to you

but old flames can't hold a candle to you

oh

yeah.