Karaoké Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You Merle Haggard

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

And with a word or a touch

I could have rekindled that fire

But old flames can't hold a candle to you

And 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 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

Flickering embers of love

I've known one or two

But old flames can't hold a candle to you