# 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:** 19
**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 3, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/361 "2025-08-03T21:28:54Z")
Hey, some people are made of plastic And you know, some people are made of wood Some people have hearts of stone Some people (Some people) Are up to no good, ah But baby, I’m for real I’m as real as real can get If what you’re looking for is real lovin’ Then what you see is what you get Ha! Whatcha see (Whatcha see) Is whatcha get (Is whatcha get) Whatcha see (Whatcha see) Is whatcha get (Is what you get) I said, what you see (Whatcha see) Is whatcha get now, baby (Is what you get) And the real thing (The real thing) Is the best thing yet (The best thing yet) ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/362 "2025-08-04T00:01:32Z")
I’m looking through you, where did you go? I thought I knew you, what did I know? You don’t look different, but you have changed I’m looking through you, you’re not the same ---
**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 4, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/363 "2025-08-04T00:23:36Z")
We were on the top and the world was spinning We were only young in the whirlpool of warning Communication lost in the thundering rain style A shelter from the storm in the early beginning Where did you go? Immaculate friend For a lifetime I’m grateful And it’s only seconds away ---
**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 4, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/364 "2025-08-04T00:44:03Z")
I’ve been awake for awhile now You’ve got me feeling like a child, now Cuz every time I see your bubbly face I get the tingles in a silly place It starts in my toes, and I crinkle my nose Wherever it goes, I always know That you make me smile, please stay for a while now Just take your time, wherever you go ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/365 "2025-08-04T00:55:02Z")
Jitterbug. You put the boom boom into my heart(do do) You send my soul sky high when your lovin’ starts, Jitterbug into my brain, yeah yeah… ---
**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 4, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/366 "2025-08-04T01:58:41Z")
Oh, I would tell you why The ocean’s near the shore I could think of things I never thunk before And then I’d sit and think some more I would not be just a nuffin’ My head all full of stuffin’ My heart all full of pain I would dance and be merry Life would be a ding-a-derry If I only had a brain ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/367 "2025-08-04T04:11:17Z")
Crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak Reveal yourself all now to me now, while you’ve got the strength to speak `Cause they’re waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask And don’t call for your surgeon even he says it’s too late It’s not your lungs this time, it’s your heart that holds your fate Don’t give me my money back, don’t want it anymore It’s not that nursery mouth I came back for It’s not the way you’re stretched out on the floor I’ve broken all your windows and I’ve rammed through all your doors And who am I to ask you to fight my wars? And you should know that’s true (I came for you) Yes you should know that’s true, I came for you ---
**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 4, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/368 "2025-08-04T12:50:59Z")
There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move, but I can’t hear what you’re saying When I was a child, I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I’ve got that feeling once again I can’t explain, you would not understand This is not how I am ---
**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 4, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/369 "2025-08-04T12:59:47Z")
And my ashes find a way beyond the fog And return to save the child that I forgot And my ashes fade among the things unseen And a dream plays in reverse on piano keys And my ashes drop upon a park in Wales Never-ending clouds of rain, and distant sails Distant sails ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/370 "2025-08-04T14:31:55Z")
Wooden ships on the water, very free (and easy) Easy, you know the way it’s supposed to be Silver (people) on the shoreline, let us be Talkin’ 'bout very free and easy Horror grips us as we watch you die All we can do is echo your anguished cries Stare as all human feelings die We are leaving, you don’t need us ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/371 "2025-08-04T15:01:41Z")
Just go out for a breath of air, And you’ll be ready for medicare. The city streets are really quite a thrill. If the hoods don’t get you, the monoxide will. Pollution, pollution, Wear a gas mask and a veil. Then you can breathe, long as you don’t inhale. ---
**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 4, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/372 "2025-08-04T15:38:26Z")
It’s six o’clock, it’s quitting time, I’m done for the day Out on the streets, I overheard a lady say: “We now have everything, or so people say But now this emptiness haunts me every day” We seek the lion’s share, never knowing why Come alive, spread your wings and fly ---
**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 4, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/373 "2025-08-04T16:15:40Z")
'Cause he gets up in the morning And he goes to work at nine And he comes back home at five-thirty Gets the same train every time 'Cause his world is built 'round punctuality It never fails And he’s oh, so good And he’s oh, so fine And he’s oh, so healthy In his body and his mind He’s a well respected man about town Doing the best things so conservatively ---
**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 4, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/374 "2025-08-04T17:13:34Z")
Another suburban family morning Grandmother screaming at the wall We have to shout above The din of our Rice Krispies We can’t hear anything at all Mother chants her litany Of boredom and frustration But we know all her suicides are fake Daddy only stares into the distance There’s only so much more that he can take ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/375 "2025-08-04T17:25:07Z")
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday Here in status symbol land Mothers complain about how hard life is And the kids just don’t understand ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/376 "2025-08-04T18:25:46Z")
Kids are different today I hear every mother say Mother needs something today to calm her down And though she’s not really ill There’s a little yellow pill She goes running for the shelter Of her mother’s little helper And it helps her on her way Gets her through her busy day ---
**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 4, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/377 "2025-08-04T18:28:27Z")
If you’re down, he’ll pick you up Doctor Robert Take a drink from his special cup Doctor Robert Doctor Robert He’s a man you must believe Helping anyone in need No one can succeed like Doctor Robert ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/378 "2025-08-04T20:51:35Z")
The wizard brought benzadrine smiles and he never let Dorothy doze. She died as she walked down the aisle and all that remains is her clothes. ---
**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 4, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/379 "2025-08-04T22:37:25Z")
Somebody said to me, “Why do you do this to you? Why not sit back and relax? Go to the islands and forget it all! Slow down, you’re moving too fast You seem afraid it won’t last Take my advice, go straight and settle down.” Thank you for caring, but Tonight, the lights will take me where I long to be Just like a thousand nights before I can’t explain; it gives me something ---
**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 4, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/380 "2025-08-04T23:29:25Z")
Got a feeling inside (Can’t explain) It’s a certain kind (Can’t explain) I feel hot and cold (Can’t explain) Yeah, down in my soul, yeah (Can’t explain) I said (Can’t explain) I’m feeling good now, yeah, but (Can’t explain [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=20)