Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle To You was originally sung by Joe Sun in 1978.

In 1980, Dolly Parton covered the song for her album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly and her version topped Billboard’s Hot Country Singles… Read More [Verse 1: 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 from his eyes of forgotten desire

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

[Chorus: Dolly Parton and Randy Parton]

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: Dolly Parton, Randy Parton, Both]

Sometimes at night, I think of old lovers I've known

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

[Chorus: Dolly Parton and Randy Parton]

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

Old flames can't hold a candle to you

[Outro: Dolly Parton]

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