# I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 2, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396 "2025-07-02T12:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/181 "2025-07-16T15:54:35Z")
Oh friends, no more of these sounds! Let us sing more cheerful songs, More full of joy! Joy, bright spark of divinity, Daughter of Elysium, Fire-inspired we tread Thy sanctuary! Thy magic power reunites All that custom has divided; All men become brothers Under the sway of thy gentle wings. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/182 "2025-07-16T15:59:49Z")
Daughter of darkness Stay out of my life, my life You took my heart, you broke it apart Daughter of darkness Daughter of darkness Please leave me alone forever Daughter of darkness gone is the love That we shared together ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/183 "2025-07-16T18:10:39Z")
The fortune queen of New Orleans Was brushing her cat in her black limousine the back seat were scratches from The marks of men, her fortune she had won I couldn’t see through the tinted glass ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/184 "2025-07-16T18:18:54Z")
We used to ride, baby Ride around in limousines We looked so fine, baby You in white and me in green Drinking and dancing All inside a crazy dream Well now, look at your face now, baby Look at you and look at me ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/185 "2025-07-17T00:41:15Z")
I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie, yes I did And that I was the star of the movie…Hmmm… This really blew my mind The fact that me, an overfed long-haired, leaping gnome Should be the star of a Hollywood movie ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/186 "2025-07-17T00:49:28Z")
They’re gonna put me in the movies They’re gonna make a big star out of me We’ll make a film about a man that’s sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/187 "2025-07-17T01:35:12Z")
Wing Is written on your feet Your Achilles heel Is a tendency To dream But you’ve known that from the beginning You didn’t have to go so far You didn’t have to go. You know what you are You’re gonna be a star. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/188 "2025-07-17T01:50:35Z")
You got that old time magic and it’s making my day You’ve got the Technicolor and the Special K Coke cans, newsstands, passing me by You set the streets on fire and I feel so alive Girl, you got it going on, you got it going on Yeah, you got it going on, that natural magic Girl, you got it going on, you got it going on Yeah, you got it going on, that natural magic ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/189 "2025-07-17T12:40:09Z")
I’m the B-I-Z and it goes like this Eating a bowl of cereal’s on top of my list Forget eating lunch; I like to munch On a stupid big bowl of Captain Crunch Whether it’s Peanut Butter Crunch, Berries or Regular Feels real good going past my jugular I go cuckoo for Coco Puffs Eat whole box of cereals down to the dust Cookie Crisp, Sugar Crisp and Sugar Smacks Wheat Rice Corn and Bran Chex, I like the tex Grape nuts takes too long to chew And all-bran cereals make me doo doo Well I could eat a whole box of Honey Nut Cheerios And some all-bran cereals taste like toes I like the Crunch called Cinnamon Toast But Alpha-Bits, I can spell my name from coast to coast Frosted Mini-Wheats make me do the funky beat ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/190 "2025-07-17T14:37:22Z")
Could we have kippers for breakfast Mummy Dear, Mummy Dear They gotta have ‘em in Texas ‘ ‘Cos everyone’s a millionaire ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/191 "2025-07-17T19:08:36Z")
All my exes live in Texas And Texas is the place I really long to be But all my exes live in Texas That’s why I hang my hat in Tennessee ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/192 "2025-07-17T20:24:39Z")
Texas is full of women and willies Eyes too close, filthy hillbillies Who are these people, raised in barns Ghouls and fools, sex on farms Texas hoedown, this is the lowdown You’re full of shit, destined to go down Let’s go down, herd 'em up If you agree, then it’s word 'em up And if you don’t, then shut the fuck up Beers, steers and queers ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/193 "2025-07-18T01:47:16Z")
Don’t mess with Texas, oh no We just so damn, what, so cold Competition You could really want it When you backing down, look what we have accomplished Don’t mess with Texas, oh no We just so damn, what, so cold Got the big bangers Cause the last swangers Paint drippin’, boy, you know what I’m talkin’ 'bout ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/194 "2025-07-18T03:01:04Z")
The stars at night are big and bright _CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP_ Deep in the heart of Texas! ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/195 "2025-07-18T03:07:53Z")
Texas I will compose In fancy rhyme Or just plain prose Texas A song of praise To you Prairie rose Texas Though I’m not sure I can explain Your strange allure Texas Oh prairie rose A crown of thorns A scented flower ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/196 "2025-07-18T03:21:31Z")
Out through the back door of Rosa’s I ran Out where the horses were tied I caught a good one, it looked like it could run Up on its back and away I did ride Just as fast as I Could from the West Texas town of El Paso Out to the badlands of New Mexico Back in El Paso, my life would be worthless Everything’s gone in life, nothing is left It’s been so long since I’ve seen the young maiden My love is stronger than my fear of death ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/197 "2025-07-18T04:10:44Z")
I want to tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat Comes out of the Virginia swamps Cool and slow with plenty of precision With a back beat narrow and hard to master ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/198 "2025-07-18T12:25:31Z")
So me and you, just we two Got to search for something new Far beyond the pale horizon Some place near the desert strand Where my Studebaker takes me That’s where I’ll make my stand but wait Can’t you see that Holzer mane’ What’s her name Virginia Plain ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/199 "2025-07-18T12:41:50Z")
James Dean in that mercury ‘49 Junior Johnson runnin’ through the woods of Caroline Even Burt Reynolds in that black Trans Am All gonna meet down at the Cadillac ranch Cadillac, Cadillac Long and dark, shiny and black Open up them engines let 'em roar Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/200 "2025-07-18T12:44:07Z")
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