# 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:** 105
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2081 "2026-07-05T18:39:44Z")
Hot dogs, Armour Hot Dogs What kind of kids eat Armour Hot Dogs? Fat kids, skinny kids, kids who climb on rocks Tough kids, sissy kids – even kids with chicken pox love hot dogs Armour Hot Dogs The dogs kids love to bite! ---
**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 5, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2082 "2026-07-05T21:30:16Z")
Kids! They are just impossible to control! Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an’ roll! Why can’t they dance like we did What’s wrong with Sammy Kaye? What’s the matter with kids today! ---
**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 5, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2083 "2026-07-05T21:36:29Z")
You know good, you know good You know good and well it’s true They never do what you want 'em to 'Cause people ain’t no good Oh no, they’re no good on weekends When they come out to play And they’re no good for bookends 'Cause you can’t make 'em stay Hey, people ain’t no good Oh, people ain’t no good Oh, they never do what I think they should So people ain’t no good ---
**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 5, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2084 "2026-07-05T21:46:16Z")
At times his books are a comfort to him But at times like these his books are no help at all Sometimes he can’t picture everything So many nights like these he sees nothing at all And he used to dream about simple things But daily papers would keep him one day behind Yes he’s got a doubt about everything Still searching for wisdom he finds only fools ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2085 "2026-07-06T04:06:30Z")
And I know just where to touch you And I know just what to prove I know when to pull you closer And I know when to let you loose And I know the night is fading And I know the time’s gonna fly And I’m never gonna tell you all the things I wanna tell you But I know I’ve gotta give it a try ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2086 "2026-07-06T04:35:21Z")
Wise men say only fools rush in… But I can’t help falling in love with you… ---
**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 6, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2087 "2026-07-06T06:55:53Z")
The silver swan, who living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast against the reedy shore, Thus sang her first and last and sung no more: Farewell all joys, O death come close mine eyes, More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise. _I think it’s safe to use an entire lyric first published in 1624?_ ---
**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 6, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2088 "2026-07-06T10:48:15Z")
There does sit my father, the King A hey ho and me bonny o And yonder sits my mother the Queen The swans swim so bonny o And there does sit my brother Hugh A hey ho and me bonny o And by him William, sweet and true The swans swim so bonny o. And there does sit my false sister Anne A hey ho and me bonny o Who drowned me for the sake of a man The swans swim so bonny o. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2089 "2026-07-06T14:32:52Z")
There goes my hero Watch him as he goes There goes my hero He’s ordinary ---
**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 6, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2090 "2026-07-06T22:03:57Z")
Once I thought the truth was gonna set me free But now I feel the chains of its responsibility I will not be a puppet I cannot play it safe I’ll give myself away with a blind and simple faith I’m just the same as you I just do the best I can That’s the only answer…for an ordinary man ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2091 "2026-07-06T23:21:23Z")
Someday, I will feed a snake Drink her venom, stay awake With time all pain will fade Through your memory I will wade _Barely cold in her grave_ _Barely warm in my bed_ _Settling for a draw tonight_ _Puppet girl, your strings are mine!_ ---
**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 7, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2092 "2026-07-07T01:29:17Z")
Can you hear how the children weep? Tears of fear, like a saw blade cutting deep Once again, there is pain; I bring flames; I bring cold I’m the blood red sandman, coming home On this unholy night, I will make you my own Blood red sandman, coming home again I’m coming home again ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2093 "2026-07-07T05:05:07Z")
Well the danger on the rocks is surely past Still I remain tied to the mast Could it be that I have found my home at last Home at last ---
**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 7, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2094 "2026-07-07T10:42:24Z")
I tied myself to the wheel The winds talk to my sails, not me (Come to me) Somewhere there my fate revealed I hear but how will I see ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2095 "2026-07-07T15:44:59Z")
Somewhere beyond the sea She’s there watching for me If I could fly like birds on high Then straight to her arms I’d go sailing _Somewhere beyond the sea_. Bobby Darin ---
**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 7, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2096 "2026-07-07T15:57:47Z")
There, by the waterside Here, where the lens is wide You and me By the sea Taken in tranquility ---
**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 7, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2097 "2026-07-07T16:35:05Z")
I heard about Maria, she hated the rat race And she escaped to a beautiful place Birds of neo-paradise groove in the trees The name of her town is Tranquility ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2098 "2026-07-07T16:38:52Z")
So take a letter Maria Sent it to my wife Save a copy for my lawyer Gonna start a new life ---
**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 7, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2099 "2026-07-07T18:16:39Z")
Oh, Maria, Maria She reminds me of a west side story Growing up in Spanish Harlem She living the life just like a movie star Oh, Maria, Maria She fell in love in East L.A. To the sound of a guitar Played by Carlos Santana ---
**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 7, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2100 "2026-07-07T20:46:50Z")
And now I know Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say I thought I knew But now I know that rose trees never grow In New York City While Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers Turn around and say good morning to the night For unless they see the sky But they can’t and that is why They know not if it’s dark outside or light [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=106)