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 [Chorus] 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 [Repeat Chorus twice] 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