Mark Nelson Chesnutt (born September 6, 1963 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American country music singer. He recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item. His national debut came in 1990 with the single, Too Cold at Home, the debut single from his second album which was also titled Too Cold at Home.
Chesnutt has charted more than thirty singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including eight No. 1 singles. He released eleven studio albums and a Greatest Hits package. His first three albums — Too Cold at Home (1990), Longnecks & Short Stories (1992), and Almost Goodbye (1993) — and his 1996 Greatest Hits album have all achieved RIAA platinum certification in the United States, while 1994's What a Way to Live was certified gold. His album, Rollin' with the Flow, was released on June 24, 2008. Its title track and lead-off single was a cover of Charlie Rich's hit single from 1977. His latest album, Live From The Big D was released on his newly formed record label Nada Dinero Records on March 6, 2012.
Mark Chesnutt is the tenth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His only album for the Columbia Records Nashville label, it features the singles "She Was", "I Want My Baby Back" and "I'm in Love with a Married Woman", which peaked at #11, #47, and #48, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "I'm in Love with a Married Woman" was later recorded by Blaine Larsen on his 2006 album Rockin' You Tonight.
"Old Flames Have New Names" is a song written by Bobby Braddock and Rafe VanHoy, and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in February 1992 and is one of his most well known songs. It was the leading single from Chesnutt's second album Longnecks & Short Stories.
The protagonist — an apparent self-described "ladies' man" — moves back to his hometown after a two-year absence, hoping to resume his wild, womanizing ways with women he found desirable. But instead of receiving a grand homecoming and a night of carousing and lovemaking, he finds out some hard truths: that all of his former love interests have moved on with their lives and settled down.
Several of the protagonist's old flames are married, two are expectant mothers and another has taken up vows of sisterhood. Upon finding out these things about his former girlfriends, he bemoans that now they don't want anything to do with him, since "I'm just a bad reminder of their wild and wooly days."
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you an' I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you an' I don't wanna miss a thing
Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating
An' I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes an' thank God we're together
I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever
I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you an' I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you an' I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna miss one smile
I don't wanna miss one kiss
I just wanna be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just wanna hold you close
And feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time
I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you an' I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you an' I don't wanna miss a thing
I'd still miss you, babe
I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you an' I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do