(Steve Wilkinson/ Andrew Gold)      When I was a young thing   I swore a Mustang   Would be my ticket   To the great unknown   Yeah I could see me   Hanging out with royalty   La dulce vida cruisin' Monaco      {But sittin' here}   Parked in your driveway   {You're cuddled up}   Right close beside me   {I gotta say}   That this old world   Just ain't thrillin' enough   It could never hold   A candle to love      Way back in grade school   I thought Jenny was so cool   We passed each other   Notes in study hall   She was my first kiss   My heart said this must be it   At 13 you think you know it all      {It's nothin' but}   Infatuation   {It didn't last}   Till graduation   {I gotta say}   Jenny Parker and a   School boy crush   Could never hold   A candle to love      Love true love knew all along   It would find us   It's such a sweet ride   Just close your eyes   And hold on tight      {But sittin' here}   With you tonight   {Just holdin' hands}   Under the moonlight   {One kiss and I}   I can't recall   What I was thinkin' of   But it could never   Hold a candle to love      No it could never hold   A candle to love   It could never hold   A candle to love