Released: April 14, 1980
Songwriter: Hugh Moffatt Pebe Sebert
Producer: Gary Klein
[Verse 1]
Downtown tonight I saw an old friend
Someone who I use to take comfort from long before I met you
I caught a spark from his eyes of forgotten desire
With a word, or a touch, I could have rekindled that fire
[Chorus]
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
Old flames can't hold a candle to you
[Verse 2]
Sometimes at night I think of old lovers I've known
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
[Chorus]
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
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 from his eyes of forgotten desire
With a word, or a touch, I could have rekindled that fire
[Chorus]
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
Old flames can't hold a candle to you
[Verse 2]
Sometimes at night I think of old lovers I've known
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
[Chorus]
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
Old flames can't hold a candle to you
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