# 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:** 15
**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 25, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/281 "2025-07-25T04:04:21Z")
“I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge” “I can shoot a sparrow with a bow and arrow” “I can live on bread and cheese” “And only on that?” “Yes” “So can a rat!” ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/282 "2025-07-26T00:57:07Z")
I can turn the greyest sky blue I can make it rain whenever I want it to Oh, I can build a castle from a single grain of sand I can make a ship sail high on dry land But my life is incomplete, and I’m so blue 'Cause I can’t get next to you ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/283 "2025-07-26T01:22:40Z")
But I don’t know how to leave you And I’ll never let you fall And I don’t know how you do it Making love out of nothing at all ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/284 "2025-07-26T02:39:02Z")
Least, do I get an invitation or something? A statement or something? Ask about that, you would say it was nothing But here’s another nothing that you made into something Can’t just leave it off that way ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/285 "2025-07-26T03:16:00Z")
It’s right that I should care about you And try to make you happy when you’re blue It’s right, it’s right to feel the way I do Because, because I love you ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/286 "2025-07-26T05:59:07Z")
And it doesn’t matter how I cry My tears of love are a waste of time If I turn away Am I strong enough to see it through? Go crazy is what I will do If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody baby If I can’t have you, ah hah hah ---
**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 26, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/287 "2025-07-26T06:50:10Z")
If I were a rich man, with a million or two I’d live in a penthouse, in a room with a view And if I were handsome (No way) It could happen These dreams do come true I wouldn’t have nothing if I didn’t have you ---
**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 26, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/288 "2025-07-26T08:40:59Z")
But, you know that when the truth is told, You can get what you want, Or just get old. You’re gonna kick off before you’re even half way thru, Ooh… When will you realize Vienna waits for 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:** [July 26, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/289 "2025-07-26T13:04:45Z")
We walked in the cold air Freezing breath on a window pane, lying and waiting A man in the dark in a picture frame so mystic and soulful A voice reaching out in a piercing cry, it stays with you until The feeling has gone, only you and I, it means nothing to me This means nothing to me Oh, Vienna ---
**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:** [July 26, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/290 "2025-07-26T13:47:48Z")
I took my baby to a party last night, ah-ha-ha She was so beautiful, she made me uptight, ah-ha-ha Up came a butcher with his needles in sight, ah-ha-ha It’s all down to goodnight Vienna ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/291 "2025-07-26T14:47:18Z")
But you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you can just get old You’re gonna kick off before you even Get halfway through When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? ---
**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:** [July 26, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/292 "2025-07-26T15:01:50Z")
[ **knoodler** , look up 3 posts.} ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/293 "2025-07-26T15:24:59Z")
Let’s try this instead: No more lonely nights just waiting for the telephone to ring No more lonely days, my baby’s taken care of everything I’m telling you people My baby loves love My baby loves lovin’ And she’s got what it takes And she knows how to use it ---
**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:** [July 26, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/294 "2025-07-26T15:48:13Z")
Elenore, gee I think you’re swell And you really do me well You’re my pride and joy, et cetera ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/295 "2025-07-26T16:33:00Z")
Gee Whiz Whillikins Golly Gee I love a girl And she loves me ---
**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:** [July 26, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/296 "2025-07-26T16:41:53Z")
Gee whiz, look at his eyes Gee whiz, how they hypnotize He’s got everything a girl could want Man, oh, man, what a prize, oohoo ---
**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 26, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/297 "2025-07-26T18:23:21Z")
Walk my way, and a thousand violins begin to play Or it may be the sound of your hello That music I hear I get misty the moment you’re near ---
**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 26, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/298 "2025-07-26T20:32:16Z")
You are the girl with the violin Your melody sweeps through this night You the girl with the violin Mystery underscores our plight Your dark raven hair Reflects the gaze of the moon Your pale ivory face Rises among stars this night ---
**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 26, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/299 "2025-07-26T20:52:40Z")
When, when was the night so long, Long, like the notes I’m sending. She waits in the air, Matte Kudasai. She sleeps in a chair In her sad America. ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/300 "2025-07-27T00:56:14Z")
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord Can you feel it coming in the air tonight? Oh Lord, oh Lord [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=16)