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Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To YouDowntown tonight I saw an old friend someone whoI use to take comfort from long before I met you And I caught a spark in her eyes of forgotten desire And with a word or a touch I could have rekindled that fire Old flames can't hold a candle to you No one can light up my night like you do Flickering embers of love, I've known one or two But old flames can't hold a candle to you Sometimes at night I think of old lovers I've known And remember how holding them made me not feel so alone Then I feel you beside me and even their memories are gone And like stars in the night lost in the sweet light of dawn Old flames can't hold a candle to you No one can light up my night like you do Flickering embers of love, I've known one or two But old flames can't hold a candle to you Flickering embers of love, I've known one or two But old flames can't hold a candle to you |