# 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:** 103
**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:** [June 28, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2041 "2026-06-28T05:56:17Z")
Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills Summer was a-comin’ in but fast Lots of daffodils were showing off their stills Riding home together, I could almost hear them whisper “Go on, kiss her! Go on and kiss her!” If I had to choose one moment To live within my heart It would be that tender moment Recalling how we started Darling, it would be When you smiled at me That way, that Sunday, that summer ---
**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:** [June 28, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2042 "2026-06-28T22:04:30Z")
Here we are (Bye, baby, goodbye) Saying goodbye at the station (Bye, baby, goodbye) Summer vacation (Bye, baby, bye, baby) Is taking you away (Bye, baby, goodbye) Have a good time, but remember There is danger in the summer moon above Will I see you in September Or lose you to a summer love? ---
**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:** [June 28, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2043 "2026-06-28T22:09:15Z")
Well, I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Yeah, I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Woah, it’s hard to tell, it’s hard to tell When all your love’s in vain ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2044 "2026-06-29T04:47:09Z")
Big mama Lulu Belle - she had a nervous breakdown (She had a nervous breakdown) Leroy’s taken her honey child away But she met him down at the station (ooo-hoo) Put a shotgun to his head, and, unless I be mistaken This is what she said “Big bad big boy, big bad Leroy Brown I’m gonna get that cutie pie” ---
**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 1, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2045 "2026-07-01T00:56:35Z")
Now Leroy he a gambler And he like his fancy clothes And he like to wave his diamond rings In front of everybody’s nose He got a custom Continental He got an Eldorado too He got a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun He got a razor in his shoe And it’s bad, bad Leroy Brown The baddest man in the whole damned town Badder than old King Kong And meaner than a junkyard dog ---
**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 1, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2046 "2026-07-01T00:58:55Z")
Tell Automatic Slim Tell Razor Totin’ Jim Tell Butcher Knife Totin’ Annie Tell Fast Talking Fanny We gonna pitch a ball A down to that union hall ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2047 "2026-07-01T01:06:17Z")
Go tell that long tongue liar Go and tell that midnight rider Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter Tell 'em that God’s gonna cut 'em down Tell 'em that God’s gonna cut 'em down ---
**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 1, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2048 "2026-07-01T02:45:37Z")
Almost cut my hair It happened just the other day It was getting kind of long I could have said it was in my way But I didn’t and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly And I feel like I owe it to someone ---
**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 1, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2049 "2026-07-01T10:26:49Z")
Heads are hanging from the garbageman trees Mouthwash, jukebox, gasoline Pistols are pointing at a poor man’s pockets Smiling eyes ripping out of his sockets Got a devil’s haircut in my mind Got a devil’s haircut in my mind Got a devil’s haircut in my mind Got a devil’s haircut in my mind ---
**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 1, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2050 "2026-07-01T13:18:16Z")
I would have given you all of my heart But there’s someone who’s torn it apart And she’s taken just all that I had But if you want, I’ll try to love again Baby, I’ll try to love again but I know The first cut is the deepest Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest When it come to being lucky, she’s cursed When it come to loving me, she’s worst ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2051 "2026-07-01T13:58:27Z")
I came to you when no one could hear me I’m sick and weary of being alone Empty streets and hungry faces The world’s no place when you’re on your own A heart needs a home ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2052 "2026-07-01T15:44:14Z")
You know that I care What happens to you And I know that you care For me too So, I don’t feel alone on the weight of the stone Now that I’ve found somewhere safe to bury my bone And any fool knows a dog needs a home A shelter from pigs on the wing ---
**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 1, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2053 "2026-07-01T16:58:48Z")
I ain’t got nobody, I ain’t got no home I’m just looking for some place to bury my bone I ain’t got nobody, I ain’t got no home I’m just looking for some place to bury my bone ---
**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 1, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2054 "2026-07-01T17:10:07Z")
There’s no use complaining, and useless to holler If she’s a beauty, she’ll get under your collar She made a monkey out of old King Kong I hope that something better comes along ---
**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 1, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2055 "2026-07-01T19:51:31Z")
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down Helpless people on subway trains Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them He picks up a bus and he throws it back down As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town Oh no, they say he’s got to go Go go Godzilla, yeah Oh no, there goes Tokyo Go go Godzilla, yeah ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2056 "2026-07-02T00:33:32Z")
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s His hair was perfect ---
**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 2, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2057 "2026-07-02T00:51:06Z")
Take the ribbon from your hair Shake it loose and let it fall Layin’ soft upon my skin Like the shadows on the wall Come and lay down by my side Till the early mornin’ light All I’m takin’ is your time Help me make it through the night ---
**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 2, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2058 "2026-07-02T18:55:35Z")
Just call me angel of the morning, angel Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby. Just call me angel of the morning, angel Then slowly turn away from me. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2059 "2026-07-03T15:08:55Z")
If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don’t know ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2060 "2026-07-03T16:32:17Z")
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