# 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:** 128
**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:** [October 20, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2541 "2026-10-20T10:37:11Z")
Do whatever you please The world’s waiting to be seized You can collect all the neglect Or all the self-respect you need, what you need And I know, and I know, and I know Your mind’s guaranteed It’s all you’ll ever need So what do you want with 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:** [October 21, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2542 "2026-10-21T01:29:09Z")
R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me R-E-S-P-E-C-T Take care, TCB Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me Sock it to me, sock it to me) A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me Sock it to me, sock it to me) Whoa, babe (just a little bit) A little respect (just a little bit) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2543 "2026-10-21T02:04:58Z")
If you disrespect anybody that you run in to How in the world do you think anybody’s s’posed to respect you If you don’t give a heck 'bout the man with the bible in his hand, y’all Just get out the way, and let the gentleman do his thing You the kind of gentleman that want everything your way, yeah Take the sheet off your face, boy, it’s a brand new day Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself If you don’t respect yourself Ain’t nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2544 "2026-10-21T02:10:48Z")
Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face Caesar’s palace, morning glory, silly human race On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place If the summer changed to winter Yours is no Yours is no Yours is no disgrace ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2545 "2026-10-21T14:39:32Z")
I’m leaving on a jet plane I don’t know when I’ll be back again ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2546 "2026-10-21T14:54:24Z")
I was flyin’ back from Lubbock I saw Jesus on the plane …or maybe it was Elvis You know, they kinda look the same ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2547 "2026-10-21T15:52:22Z")
[I thought happiness Was Lubbock, Texas In my rear view mirror My momma kept calling me home But I just did not want to hear her And the vision was getting clearer In my dreams ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2548 "2026-10-21T16:09:40Z")
Going ninety miles an hour with her hair on fire Running on a tank full of burning desire She’s heading out on Highway 29 Leaving Loachapoka Alabama behind ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2549 "2026-10-21T16:14:09Z")
All right Now dig this baby You don’t care for me I don’t care about that You got a new fool Hah, I like it like that I have only one burnin’ desire Let me stand next to your fire (Let me stand next to your fire) Hey, let me stand next to your fire (Let me stand next to your fire) Whoa, let me stand baby (Let me stand next to your fire) Let me stand (Let me stand next to your fire) Yeah baby ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2550 "2026-10-21T17:38:47Z")
Fire I’ll take you to burn. Fire I’ll take you to learn. I’ll see you burn! You fought hard and you saved and learned but all of it’s going to burn. And your mind your tiny mind you know you’ve really been so blind. Now’s your time burn your mind. You’re falling far too far behind. Oh no oh no oh no you gonna burn! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2551 "2026-10-21T17:55:17Z")
Life is not tried It is merely survived If you’re standing outside the fire. Standing Outside the Fire – _Garth Brooks_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2552 "2026-10-21T18:08:33Z")
Loose talk in the classroom to hurt they try and try Strong words in the staffroom the accusations fly It’s no use, he sees her he starts to shake and cough Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov Don’t stand, don’t stand so Don’t stand so close to me Don’t stand, don’t stand so Don’t stand so close to me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2553 "2026-10-21T21:05:23Z")
My folks were always putting him down (down, down) They said he came from the wrong side of town (What you mean when you say that he came from the wrong side of town?) They told me he was bad, but I knew he was sad That’s why I fell for the leader of the pack ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2554 "2026-10-21T21:34:52Z")
Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town And everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down Sloopy, I don’t care what your daddy do 'Cause you know, Sloopy, girl, I’m in love with you And so I say now Hang on, Sloopy Sloopy, hang on Hang on, Sloopy Sloopy, hang on ---
**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:** [October 21, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2555 "2026-10-21T22:14:27Z")
That little chip of diamond on your hand Ain’t a fortune baby but you know it stands For your love A love to tie and bind us Such a love We just can’t leave behind us Baby don’t you go Baby oh no no Baby sta-ay Let’s hang on To what we’ve got Don’t let go girl, we’ve got a lot Got a lot of love between us Hang on, hang on, hang on To what we’ve got ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2556 "2026-10-22T03:20:36Z")
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on) If you feel like letting go (hold on) If you think you’ve had too much Of this life, well hang on 'Cause everybody hurts Take comfort in your friends Everybody hurts ---
**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:** [October 22, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2557 "2026-10-22T16:41:07Z")
It hurts to be in love, when the only one you love Turns out to be someone who’s not in love with you. It hurts to love her so, when deep down inside you know, She will never want you, no matter what you do. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2558 "2026-10-22T17:48:08Z")
You love her But she loves him And he loves somebody else You just can’t win And so it goes 'Til the day you die This thing they call love It’s gonna make you cry I’ve had the blues The reds and the pinks One thing for sure Love stinks ---
**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:** [October 22, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2559 "2026-10-22T20:31:54Z")
Some mommas and daddies Are lovin’ in a straight line Take forever to heart, and take a long sweet ride But some mommas and daddies Let their heart strings tear and tangle And some of us get stuck In a love triangle ---
**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:** [October 22, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/2560 "2026-10-22T20:53:48Z")
We love each other, it’s plain to see There’s just one answer comes to me Sister lovers, water brothers And in time maybe others So you see what we can do is to try something new If you’re crazy too, I don’t really see Why can’t we go on as three [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=129)