Flame+Trees+by+Sarah+Blasko

Kids out driving Saturday afternoon pass me by I'm just savouring familiar sights We share some history, this town and I And I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of her Try to book a room to stay tonight

Number one is to find some friends to say "You're doing well After all this time you boys look just the same" Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels Settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?" Number three is never say her name

Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver And there's nothing else could set fire to this town There's no change, there's no pace Everything within its place Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around

But Ah! Who needs that sentimental bullshit, anyway Takes more than just a memory to make me cry I'm happy just to sit here round a table with old friends And see which one of us can tell the biggest lies

There's a girl falling in love near where the pianola stands With her young local factory out-of-worker, holding hands And I'm wondering if he'll go or if he'll stay

Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field In our day

Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver And there's nothing else could set fire to this town There's no change, there's no pace Everything within its place Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around

Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver And there's nothing else could set fire to this town There's no change, there's no pace Everything within its place Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around

According to notes of a Cold Chisel CD, the lyrics tell a story about Don Walker going back to Grafton (on the NSW North Coast) to look for an old flame.

The Flame Trees also refers to Jacarandas, which have a magnificent purple flower emerge in October. The entire city of Grafton holds the "Jacaranda Festival" around that time, and Grafton is one of the only places in Australia which the Jacarandas are so profuse.

It's a story of love, regrets about "the one who got away", and realising that you can never go back to the way things used to be.