Downtown tonight, I saw an old friend, someone who I used to take comfort from long before I found you I saw the look in her eyes of forgotten desire With a look or a touch, I could have rekindled the fire But old flames can't hold a candle to you No one can light up my nights 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 But lyin' beside you, even old lovers are gone 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 nights like you do Flickering embers of love, I've known one or two But old flames, can't hold a candle to you No old flames can't hold a candle to you