Flame Trees Lyrics

Lyric discussion by qwerty_976857 

Cover art for Flame Trees lyrics by Cold Chisel

oh yeah, what do the flame tress mean?

A flame tree is literally a tree. It's a type of tree that was planted in a lot of Australian small towns in the early part of the 20th century. Go to just about any Aussie country town and you'll see thousands of them lining the roads.

They are called flame trees because in Autumn the leaves turn a bright orange and are kinda shaped like flames.

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@tim_54321 Flame Trees, refers to the bright red flowers of the Illawarra Flame tree (not the leaves) planted along many roads throughout the east coast of Australia, the bright red flowers are what is referred to and at times can be overwhelming when the sun is in the right position http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTMwWDUyMA==/z/O3wAAOSw2XFUjZXv/$_57.JPG?set_id=880000500F

@tim_54321 You are correct, it is the flowers, not the leaves. Thanks for the correction.