# 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:** 20
**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, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/381 "2025-08-04T23:55:09Z")
Now, I’m a jet fuel genius I can solve the world’s problems without even trying I’ve got dozens of friends And the fun never ends, that is, as long as I’m buying Is it any wonder I’m not the president? Is it any wonder I’m null and void? ---
**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 5, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/382 "2025-08-05T00:01:00Z")
Is it any wonder I reject you first Fame (fame) fame fame Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool Fame (fame) Fame bully for you chilly for me Got to get a rain check on pain ---
**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 5, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/383 "2025-08-05T00:10:50Z")
You always keep me guessin’, I never seem to know what you are thinkin’ And if a fella looks at you, it’s for sure your little eye will be a-winkin’ I get confused 'cause I don’t know where I stand And then you smile, and hold my hand Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you Spooky! ---
**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 5, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/384 "2025-08-05T00:43:22Z")
Love Love is strange Lot of people Take it for a game Once you get it You never want to quit, no no After you’ve had it You’re in an awful fix ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/385 "2025-08-05T01:07:52Z")
Coz I hate goodbyes I hate these tears in my eyes I hate myself for the way I feel about you every time I’ve had enough I’m sick of wishing he was Around me every day, every night it’s way too much I hate love, yeah I hate love, yeah ---
**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 5, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/386 "2025-08-05T01:47:49Z")
Get up in the morning, look on the mirror One less toothbrush hanging in the stand, yeah My face ain’t getting any younger Now I can see love’s taking her toll on me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/387 "2025-08-05T01:50:44Z")
Woke up, fell out of bed Dragged a comb across my head ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/388 "2025-08-05T02:02:56Z")
Let me go, blood drips from your camera It’s like a knife held in your hand What you’re mad about, I don’t know, and I don’t give a damn Break the rules because I can ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/389 "2025-08-05T14:32:43Z")
Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man I was playin’ rock and roll, and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn’t hold you, so I split the band Love lies bleedin’ in my hands ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/390 "2025-08-05T14:46:14Z")
Some other man, some other man Some other man, some other man Always hangin’ around I’d rather be dead, I’d be rather dead I’d rather be dead, I’d be rather dead Than to see you with another man ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/391 "2025-08-05T14:52:19Z")
He follows the wrong directions Perfect English words all right But with the wrong inflections But look at the dust at his feet He’s not the one she loves It was a different man, no he’s never been found You can be so up, you can be so down It was a different man, no he’s never been there You can be halfway, you can be all there ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/392 "2025-08-05T15:13:18Z")
I’d rather see you dead, little girl Than to be with another man You better keep your head, little girl Or you won’t know where I am You better run for your life if you can, little girl Hide your head in the sand, little girl Catch you with another man, that’s the end, little girl ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/393 "2025-08-05T17:17:33Z")
You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later, God’ll cut you down Sooner or later, God’ll cut you down Go tell that long tongue liar Go and tell that midnight rider Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter Tell them that God’s gonna cut ’em down Tell them that God’s gonna cut ’em down ---
**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 5, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/394 "2025-08-05T17:19:03Z")
God’s gonna get you for that. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/395 "2025-08-05T17:33:32Z")
Father forgive me I tried not to do it Turned over a new leaf Then tore right through it Whatever you taught me I didn’t believe it Father you fought me 'Cause I didn’t care And I still don’t understand No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common too It’s a, it’s a, it’s a, it’s a sin It’s a sin ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/396 "2025-08-05T18:01:59Z")
I am just an ageing drummer boy And in the wars I used to play And I’ve called a tune to many-a-torture session Now they say I am a war criminal And I’m fading away Father, please hear my confession I have legalized robbery, called it belief I have run with the money I have a-hid like a thief Re-written history with my armies and my crooks Invented memories I did burn all the books And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song The man’s too big The man’s too strong ---
**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 5, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/397 "2025-08-05T19:25:54Z")
“Baby Jesu,” pa-rum-pa-pum-pum “I am a poor boy too,” pa-rum-pa-pum-pum “I have no gift to bring,” pa-rum-pa-pum-pum “That’s fit to give a king,” pa-rum-pa-pum-pum Rum-pa-pum-pum, rum-pa-pum-pum “Shall I play for you,” pa-rum-pa-pum-pum “On my drum?” ---
**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 5, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/398 "2025-08-05T21:04:46Z")
And when the drummer starts beating that beat He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm With the rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat on the drums, hey! Turn the beat around - Ooh, I’m talkin’ 'bout the beat Love to hear percussion - Ah, my, my, my, my Turn it upside down - Oh-oh-oh, oh, yeah Love to hear the percussion - Love to hear the beat, nah, nah ---
**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 5, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/399 "2025-08-05T21:06:26Z")
Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows For his cinnamon girl. ---
**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 5, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/400 "2025-08-05T21:17:58Z")
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