Merle Haggard — Old Flames Cant Hold a Candle to You

Downtown tonight, I saw an old friend, someone who I used to take comfort from long before I met you And I caught a spark in her eyes of forgotten desire With a word 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 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 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 Old flames can't hold a candle to you