Old Flames Can´t Hold a Candle for You - Dolly Parton

Downtown tonight I saw an old flame someone who

I used to take comfort from long before I met

You

I caught a spark from her eye 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

Sometimes at night I think of the 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 the 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