# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/401 "2025-08-06T00:11:41Z")
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming Sayin’ something about a queen There were peasants singin’ and drummers drumming And the archer split the tree There was a fanfare blowin’ to the sun That was floating on the breeze Look at mother nature on the run in the twenty-first century Look at mother nature on the run in the twenty-first century ---
**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 6, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/402 "2025-08-06T00:59:48Z")
Scheherazade your life is one You have today the Sultan’s love The people watch you step into the sun Stalls and bars of every kind Food piled high on woven leaves for all to eat Drums and flutes at every turn The music winding, twisting through the crowded streets Caravans from far away bring people laughing People come to see the Sultan in Baghdad today ---
**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 6, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/403 "2025-08-06T01:44:55Z")
Well, Ali Baba had them forty thieves Scheherazade had a thousand tales But master, you’re in luck, cuz up your sleeve You’ve got a brand of magic never fails You’ve got some power in your corner now Some heavy ammunition in your camp You’ve got some poof, pizzazz, yahoo and how Say all you gotta do is rub that lamp And I’ll say: “Mister Aladdin, sir, what will your pleasure be? Let me take your order, jot it down You ain’t never had a friend like 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:** [August 6, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/404 "2025-08-06T14:42:39Z")
Let me tell you 'bout Ahab the Arab The Sheik of the burning sand He had emeralds and rubies just a-dripping off ‘a him And a ring on every finger of his hands He wore a big ol’ turban wrapped around his head And a scimitar by his side And every evening about midnight He’d jump on his camel named Clyde, and ride ---
**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 6, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/405 "2025-08-06T16:21:31Z")
Love; it seems like only yesterday You were just a child at play Now you’re all grown up inside of me Oh, how fast those moments flee Once we watched a lazy world go by Now the days seem to fly Life is brief, but when it’s gone Love goes on and on ---
**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 6, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/406 "2025-08-06T16:22:40Z")
Isn’t life beautiful? Isn’t life gay? Isn’t life the perfect thing to pass the time away? ---
**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 6, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/407 "2025-08-06T16:24:48Z")
Isn’t life strange? A turn of the page Can read like before Can we ask for more? Each day passes by How hard man will try? The sea will not wait You know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry ---
**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 6, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/408 "2025-08-06T16:38:14Z")
Charlie, keep singing that chanson Your words always make so much sense And though they’re in French I’ve got no defense I know that I’m reaching the end So rumors keep flying around me It’s you I refuse to believe He’s right round the corner He knows that I’m home now And nobody calls me naive ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/409 "2025-08-06T18:19:49Z")
When I try to get through On the telephone to you There’ll be nobody home ---
**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 6, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/410 "2025-08-06T18:27:12Z")
Later I tried to call you Your mama told me you weren’t there She told me don’t bother to call again Unless I cut off all my hair ---
**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 6, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/411 "2025-08-06T19:43:38Z")
Almost cut my hair It happened just the other day It was getting kind of long I could have said it was in my way But I didn’t and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly And I feel like I owe it to someone ---
**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 6, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/412 "2025-08-06T21:36:36Z")
Don’cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me? Don’cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me? Don’cha? ---
**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 6, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/413 "2025-08-06T21:46:07Z")
That girl is pretty wild now _The girl’s a super freak_ [The kind of girl you read about _In new-wave magazines_](https://genius.com/2513724/Rick-james-super-freak/The-kind-of-girl-you-read-about-in-new-wave-magazines) That girl is pretty kinky _The girl’s a super freak_ ---
**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 6, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/414 "2025-08-06T22:15:44Z")
Well, I know what I’ve been told Gotta break free to break the mold But I can’t do this all on my own No, I can’t do this all on my own I know that I’m no Superman I’m no Superman I’m no Superman ---
**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 6, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/415 "2025-08-06T22:17:06Z")
If I go crazy, now, will you still call me Superman? If I’m alive and well, will you be there holding my hand? I’ll keep you by my side with my superhuman My Kryptonite ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/416 "2025-08-06T22:27:00Z")
I can’t stand to fly I’m not that naive I’m just out to find The better part of me I’m more than a bird, I’m more than a plane I’m more than some pretty face beside a train And it’s not easy to be me ---
**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 6, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/417 "2025-08-06T22:47:20Z")
It’s not easy being green You seem to blend in with so many other Ordinary things And people tend to pass you over Cuz you’re not standing out like splashy sparkles in the water Or stars in the sky ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/418 "2025-08-07T13:05:34Z")
Greensleeves was all my joy, Greensleeves was my delight. Greensleeves was my heart of gold And who but my lady Greensleeves? ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/419 "2025-08-07T13:34:51Z")
Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let Earth receive her king! Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing. ---
**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 7, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/420 "2025-08-07T14:15:03Z")
Jeremiah was a bullfrog Was a good friend of mine I never understood a single word he said But I helped him drink his wine And he always had some mighty fine wine Singin’ Joy to the world All the boys and girls, now Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=22)