The music seemed to be so reminiscent

I knew I'd heard it somewhere before

I racked my recollections as I listened

When suddenly I remembered once more

My old flame I can't even think of her name

But it's funny now and then

How my thoughts go flashing back again

To my old flame



My old flame My new lovers all seem so tame

For I haven't met a girl So magnificent or elegant

As my old flame

I've met so many who had fascinating ways

A fascinating gaze in their eyes

Some who took me up to the skies

But their attempts at love Were only imitations of

My old flame I can't even think of his name

But I'll never be the same until I discover what became

Of my old flame