# 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:** 116
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2301 "2026-08-19T21:00:21Z")
One, two, three Oh, that’s how elementary It’s gonna be Come on, let’s fall in love It’s easy _(It’s so easy)_ Like takin’ candy _(Like taking candy)_ From a baby One, Two, Three – _Len Barry_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 19, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2302 "2026-08-19T21:52:15Z")
1 for the flaming sun 2 for the location 3 for the martyrs and the stars 4 for the wind and sand 5 so you understand 6 for the slips 'twixt the cup and the lips ---
**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:** [August 20, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2303 "2026-08-20T00:39:50Z")
One, two, Freddy’s coming for you Three, four, better lock your door Five, six, grab your crucifix Seven, eight, gonna stay up late Nine, ten, never sleep again… ---
**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:** [August 20, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2304 "2026-08-20T01:45:00Z")
I’m gonna teach you (teach you, teach you) All about love, yeah (all about love) Sit yourself down, take a seat All you gotta do is repeat after me A, B, C Easy as one, two, three As simple as do, re, mi A, B, C One, two, three, baby, you and me, girl ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2305 "2026-08-20T05:40:38Z")
Do, a deer, a female deer Re, a drop of golden sun Mi, a name, I call myself Fa, a long way to run Sol, a needle pulling thread La, a note to follow sol Ti, a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to Do ---
**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:** [August 21, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2306 "2026-08-21T01:56:40Z")
Now I don’t wear a diamond ring I don’t even know a song to sing All I know is La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la means I love you Oh, baby, please now La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la means I love you ---
**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:** [August 21, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2307 "2026-08-21T18:09:16Z")
I`ve got all sleep secrets hidden in my bag But a lot are leaving 'cos they’re not believing That you could ever do that thing And never bring yourself to sing: _Bah bah bah bah bah, bah baah bah bah bah bah bah bah_ _Bah bah bah bah bah, bah baah bah bah bah bah bah bah_ _Ooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh_ _Ooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh_ ---
**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:** [August 21, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2308 "2026-08-21T18:55:47Z")
Chicken and cheese, chicken and cheese You’re cool, I’m cool, everybody’s so cool Ba-na-na-na-na-na-da Baa baa black sheep, have you any bullshit? ---
**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:** [August 22, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2309 "2026-08-22T10:10:08Z")
Yes, everybody loves my baby But my baby don’t love nobody but me Nobody but me Yes, she got a form like Venus Honest, I ain’t talking Greek No one can come between us She’s my Sheba, I’m her Sheik _Everybody Loves my Baby.. Louis Armstrong_ ---
**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:** [August 22, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2310 "2026-08-22T10:24:38Z")
I keep getting all these visits from my friends, yeah (What they doing to me?) They come to my house again and again and again and again So I’ll be there to see my woman I don’t even be home, but they just keep on calling What can I do get on the right track? I wish they’d take some of these knives out my back! ---
**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:** [August 23, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2311 "2026-08-23T16:07:15Z")
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe And he keeps it, ah, out of sight You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe Scarlet billows start to spread Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe So there’s never, never a trace of red ---
**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:** [August 23, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2312 "2026-08-23T16:44:00Z")
Babe, I’m leaving, I’ll say it once again Please somehow try to smile I know the feelings we’re trying to forget If only for awhile And I’ll be lonely without you And I’ll need your love to see me through Please believe me, my heart is in your hands And I’ll be missing you Babe, I love you ---
**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:** [August 23, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2313 "2026-08-23T17:16:19Z")
I’ve been holding out so long I’ve been sleeping all alone Lord I miss you I’ve been hanging on the phone I’ve been sleeping all alone I want to kiss you sometime Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh ---
**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:** [August 23, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2314 "2026-08-23T17:20:30Z")
Don’t think me unkind Words are hard to find They’re only cheques I’ve left unsigned From the banks of chaos in my mind And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes me De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da Their innocence will pull me through De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da They’re meaningless and all that’s true ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2315 "2026-08-24T02:57:39Z")
Don’t look back into the sun Now you know that the time has come And they said it would never come for you Oh, my friend, you haven’t changed You’re looking rough and living strange And I know you got a taste for it too ---
**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:** [August 24, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2316 "2026-08-24T03:02:37Z")
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin’ for a train When I was feelin’ near as faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained That rode us all the way in to New Orleans I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana I was playin’ soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah Windshield wipers slappin’ time, I was holdin’ Bobby’s hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew ---
**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:** [August 24, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2317 "2026-08-24T10:19:55Z")
Jesus just left Chicago And he’s bound for New Orleans Well now, Jesus just left Chicago And he’s bound for New Orleans Yeah, yeah Workin’ from one end to the other and all points in between ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2318 "2026-08-24T15:05:16Z")
Another one rides the bus Another one rides to bus And another gets on And another gets on Another one rides the bus Hey! He’s gonna sit by you Another one rides the bus ---
**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:** [August 24, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2319 "2026-08-24T15:13:18Z")
I don’t really care for what you believe So open up your fist or you won’t receive The thoughts and the words of every man you’ll need Get up off the floor and believe in life No-one’s ever gonna ever ask you twice Get on the bus and bring it on home to 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:** [August 24, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2320 "2026-08-24T21:26:20Z")
Every day I get in the queue (too much magic bus) To get on the bus that takes me to you (too much magic bus) I’m so nervous, I just sit and smile (too much magic bus) Your house is only another mile (too much magic bus) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=115) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=117)