[Intro: Kesha]

Ooh

[Verse 1: Kesha, with Dolly Parton]

Downtown tonight, I saw an old friend, someone who

I used to take comfort from long before I met you

I caught a spark in his eyes of forgotten desire

With a word or a touch, I could have rekindled that fire

[Chorus: Kesha & Dolly Parton]

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

[Post-Chorus: Kesha, Dolly Parton]

Oh, yeah

Ooh

[Verse 2: Dolly Parton, Kesha, Both]

But sometimes at night, I think of old lovers I've known

And I remember how holding them helped me not feel so alone

(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

Oh, oh

[Chorus: Kesha & Dolly Parton, Kesha]

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

But old flames can't hold a candle to you

[Outro: Kesha, Dolly Parton]

Oh, yeah (Mmm), oh, oh, yeah

Oh, oh (Oh), oh

Oh, oh, yeah

Can't hold (To you) a candle to you, candle to you (Oh, yeah)

Old flames (Oh, yeah), old flames (Oh, yeah)

Old flames (Oh, oh), old flames (Oh, yeah)

Can't hold a candle to you