Kuiama

About Kuiama

"Kuiama" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and performed by Electric Light Orchestra. Singer Jeff Lynne pronounces it 'Ki-ama'. The song is the last track of the ELO 2 LP. At 11:19, it is the longest track on the album, and the longest song ever recorded by Electric Light Orchestra. It tells the tale of a soldier and an orphan girl. The soldier is trying to comfort the girl and also to explain how he was the one who killed her parents. Although not released as a single, the song has been included on compilation albums, such as Olé ELO, Afterglow, and The Light Shines On Vol 2, and has been performed live. It was also a favourite of the ELO band members during the time. "This one, without doubt, is the favourite of all the band. It's a sad story about a war orphan with a soldier explaining to her all about the war — and that it was he that killed her parents. The most sensitive thing we do." – Bev Bevan (1973, Birmingham Post & Mail article entitled: Chart Boost Coming For Brum And E. L. O.) more »

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1973

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My my Kuiama, she came in the morning, 
She smiled but the tears on her little face 
Showed the pain that had been in that far off place, 
So sad, treated so bad.

My my Kuiama, don´t break your heart tryin, 
To say how your Ma and your Pa passed away, 
And they left you to wander the ruin and decay, 
Real mean, that bullet machine.

See here Kuiama, now ten thousand miles, 
Is a long way and you´re here today, 
And you won´t go back so you might say hello, 
How do you do.

Kuia stop your cryin, there´s no bombs a´fallin, 
No horsemen in the night a´ridin through your dreams, 
Ansd tearing at your life, baby goodnight.

No more silver rain will hit your ground, 
And no more guns will sound and no more life be drowned. 
No more trenchies where the soldiers lie and, 
No more people die, beneath that big black sky.

Wake up Kuiama, I got somethin to tell you, 
It´s just that I mean, well that is to say, 
That I´m trying to explain but I´ll start again for you, 
I must be true.

Kuia in this country, they got rules with no reason, 
They teach you to kill and they send you away 
With your gun in your hand you pick up your pay, 
So cool, that no mercy tool.

Kuia please believe me, I just couln´t help myself, 
I wanted to run but they gave me a gun 
And they told me the duty I owed to my fatherland, 
I made my stand.

Kuia I just shot them, I just blew their heads open, 
And I heard them scream in their agony, 
Kuiama she waits there for me, 
True blue, you saw it through.

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Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are a British rock group from Birmingham, England who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album. more »

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