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• Flame trees are large trees found in parts of Australia that produce striking red blooms. There were lots of them in Grafton, where Cold Chisel keyboard player Don Walker lived as a youth. According to the band's official website, he drew inspiration for the song from these times, which was when he was forming his romantic dreams. >>>

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  Duane - Adelaide, Australia
• The song appears on Twentieth Century, an album released in 1984 after the band had broken up. By this time, they were well known in their native Australia but were frustrated because they couldn't make inroads in America. They ended up getting back together in 1997 but after releasing an album a year later, they only stayed active at odd intervals.