I recall your hand in mine like everything was new, But no one said forever so if I run into you Then you can say, why there's my new old flame. I've been replaced at your place now but I can't place the blame. So as I mourn the couple that we never quite became Then you can say, why there's my new old flame. Comrades in arms but they're not my arms anymore. I can't hold that against you. No, I can't hold anything at all When that's my name - your new old flame. So I'll be civil if I see you roundabout. I'll even offer comfort when you blow the next flame out And you hear him say, why - that's no one, it's just my new old flame ... That's my new old flame.