# 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:** 16
**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 27, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/301 "2025-07-27T01:09:10Z")
Those steps which seem to take a lifetime When eyes just turn and stare The day begins, collapsing without warning You fade from sight, there’s nothing there No hope allowed, calls are answered daily Questions are on your side Deeply moved, beyond all consolation You felt the pulse, now hear the cry ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/302 "2025-07-27T02:24:01Z")
Thank you for calling the Psychic Voicemail Hotline, The pre-recorded future just for you. You can press Option One if this is the first time you’ve called us, But that’s not the case, so please press Option Two. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/303 "2025-07-27T02:41:22Z")
“Hello..?” “Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd. Will you accept the charges from United States?” [click] “Oh, He hung up! That’s your residence, right? I wonder why he hung up? Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife there to answer?” [rapid phone beeps] “Hello?” "This is United States calling, are we reaching… [click] “See he keeps hanging up, and it’s a man answering.” [click—-whirrrrrr] ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/304 "2025-07-27T04:37:21Z")
“You know, I’ve been calling you for about two days now and I eh… I wanted to see you darling, I really do, you know, because… I think of you and eh… All of me kind of goes a little bit crazy, so eh… I believe it’s a match, darling… You should phone me, and we will have… A night at the Cas Bah that neither of us will ever forget A beautiful evening of love, lust and paradise You can make it nice, call me back On Riverside at 42239 Ciao ciao.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/305 "2025-07-27T04:41:37Z")
Prophet six zero zero nine one This is the flight number of our galactic sun Prophet six zero zero nine one Before we start you should know that you’re not the only one Who can hurt me ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/306 "2025-07-27T13:33:40Z")
A spaceship from another star They ask me where all the people are What can I tell them? I tell them I’m the only one There was a war but I must have won Please take me with you. And I will wait for you Until the sky is blue And I will wait for you What else can I do? ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/307 "2025-07-27T14:04:57Z")
I just made something unexpected Something sharp, something new It’s not symmetrical or perfect, but it’s beautiful And it’s mine! What else can I do? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/308 "2025-07-27T20:44:33Z")
I’ve been caught stealing Once when I was five I enjoy stealing It’s just as simple as that Well, it’s just a simple fact When I want something And I don’t want to pay for it I walk right through the door Walk right through the door Hey, all right! If I get by, it’s mine Mine all 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 27, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/309 "2025-07-27T21:16:22Z")
Enter, monsieur, lay down your load Unlace your boots, and rest from the road This weighs a ton! Travel’s a curse But here we strive to lighten your purse Here the goose is cooked Here the fat is fried And nothing’s overlooked til I’m satisfied Food beyond compare! Food beyond belief! Mix it in a mincer and pretend it’s beef Kidney of a horse; liver of a cat Filling up the sausages with this and that ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/310 "2025-07-27T21:45:56Z")
Did you come here for a pie, sir? Do forgive me if me head’s a little vague What is that? But you think we had the plague From the way that people keep avoiding No, you don’t Heaven knows I try, sir! But there’s no one comes in even to inhale Right you are, sir, would you like a drop of ale? Mind you, I can’t hardly blame them These are probably the worst pies in London I know why nobody cares to take them ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/311 "2025-07-27T21:55:29Z")
Won’t you come with me to Alabammy Back to the arms of my dear old mammy Her cooking’s lousy and her hands are clammy But what the hell, it’s home ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/312 "2025-07-27T22:02:12Z")
Used to know a girl lived down there and she’d go out in the evenings and Pick her a mess of it Carry it home and cook it for supper Because that’s about all they had to eat But they did all right ---
**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 27, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/313 "2025-07-27T22:09:03Z")
Well, I used to live on chocolate sauce Made sumo wrestlers look like Kate Moss Walked down an alley and I got stuck I got more rolls than a pastry truck When I’m all done eating I eat a little more When I leave a room First I gotta grease the door Grapefruit Diet (Diet!) Can’t have another éclair Grapefruit Diet (Diet!) I gotta decrease my derriere ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/314 "2025-07-28T17:16:32Z")
I’m a pretty good cook, I’m sittin’ on my groceries Come up to my kitchen, I’ll show you my best recipe I try and I try, but I can’t save a cent I’m up after midnight cooking, trying to make my rent I’m rough but I’m pleasin’, I was raised on robbery ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/315 "2025-07-28T18:33:26Z")
I had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell ---
**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:** [July 28, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/316 "2025-07-28T20:14:52Z")
Say hey, good lookin’ - what ya got cookin’? How’s about cooking somethin’ up with me? Hey, sweet baby - don’t you think maybe We can find us a brand new recipe? ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/317 "2025-07-28T20:47:28Z")
So why not bake a sunshine cake Of course it may keep your dreams away Friends say there’s nothing like the flavor Don’t wait to do your friends a favor And for goodness sake Let’s bake a sunshine cake ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/318 "2025-07-28T20:58:24Z")
If I knew you were comin’ I’d’ve baked a cake, hired a band, goodness sake! If I knew you were comin’ I’d’ve baked a cake Howdya do, howdya do, howdya do? ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/319 "2025-07-28T21:03:49Z")
It’s Presidents’ Day; it’s time to reflect On this wonderful man that we elect! Abraham Lincoln and George Washington! Thomas Jefferson and Alec Baldwin! Celebrate Oscar de la Hoya Who fought off the British so they would not annoy ya Raise the flag, the stars and stripes Our 41st president, Wesley Snipes! Charles Nelson Reilly won the war With the help of his mighty Vice President Thor! We were in trouble at the Battle of Manilla But lucky for us, we had President Godzilla! (Thanks, President Godzilla!) ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/320 "2025-07-28T23:30:35Z")
Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped Look at that low plane, fine, then Uh-oh, overflow, population, common group But it’ll do, save yourself, serve yourself World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light Feeling pretty psyched It’s the end of the world as we know it It’s the end of the world as we know it It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=17)