[Verse]
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Downtown tonight I saw an old friend someone who,
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I use to take comfort from long before I met you,
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And I caught a spark in her eyes of forgotten desire,
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And with a word or a touch I could have rekindled that fire.
 
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Old flames can't hold a candle to you,
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No one can light up my night like you do,
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Flickering embers of love, I've known one or two,
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But old flames can't hold a candle to you.
 
[Break]
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[Verse]
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Sometimes at night I think of old lovers I've known,
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And remember how holding them made me not feel so alone,
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Then I feel you beside me and even their memories are gone,
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And like stars in the night lost in the sweet light of dawn.
 

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Old flames can't hold a candle to you.
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No one can light up my night like you do.
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Flickering embers of love, I've known one or two.
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But old flames can't hold a candle to you.
 
[Break]
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Flickering embers of love, I've known one or two.
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But old flames can't hold a candle to you.