# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/421 "2025-08-07T18:07:33Z")
There is room for make believe out in the ocean There is room for make believe out on the land In the wet, in the dream, if its flashing then seen In the deep marine, in the deep marine ---
**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, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/422 "2025-08-07T18:31:33Z")
Ortegas is at the helm, the pilot seat is my realm We’re in a field, surrounded Still, flight systems steady, impulse engines ready At the console, systems initializing Life support robust; now finalizing Will check inertial dampers, and see if they’re hampered… All is okay; it appears that all is okay ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/423 "2025-08-07T18:41:04Z")
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:** [August 7, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/424 "2025-08-07T22:09:06Z")
Mean distance from the sun: 92 million 957 thousand and 200 miles Mean Orbital velocity: 66000 miles per hour Orbital eccentricity: 0.017 Mass: 6600 milion milion milion tons Equatorial diameter: 7927 miles Polar diameter: 7900 miles Oblateness: one 298th Density: 5.41 Mean surface gravitational acceleration of the rotating earth: 32.174 feet per second per second Escape velocity: 7 miles per second Albedo: 0.39 ---
**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 8, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/425 "2025-08-08T00:28:17Z")
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee. In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life? How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love. Seasons of love. ---
**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 8, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/426 "2025-08-08T01:32:33Z")
A day in the life of a fool A sad and a long lonely day I walk the avenue And hope I’ll run into The welcome sight of you Coming my 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:** [August 8, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/427 "2025-08-08T02:15:07Z")
He never listens to them; he knows that they’re the fools They don’t like him The fool on the hill sees the sun going down And the eyes in his head see the world spinning 'round ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/428 "2025-08-08T02:45:00Z")
Ooh now my body is starting to quiver An’ the palms of my hands gettin’ wet, oh I got no reason to doubt you baby It’s all a terrible mess An’ I’ll run in the rain ‘til I’m breathless When I’m breathless I’ll run ‘til I drop, hey! An’ the thoughts of a fool’s gotta count of careless I’m just a fool waitin’ on the wrong block ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/429 "2025-08-08T02:47:47Z")
When you move in right up close to me That’s when I get the shakes all over me Quivers down my back bone I’ve got the shakes down the kneebone Yeah, havin’ the tremors in the thighbone Shakin’ all over ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/430 "2025-08-08T02:51:05Z")
Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize y’all’s neighborhood And whosoever shall be found Without the soul for getting down Must stand and face the hounds of Hell And rot inside a corpse’s shell The foulest stench is in the air The funk of forty thousand years And grisly ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to seal your doom And though you fight to stay alive Your body starts to shiver For no mere mortal can resist The evil of the Thriller **HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!** ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/431 "2025-08-08T02:53:15Z")
Cornbread is sweet Pork chops are good Blackeyed peas are mighty, mighty fine But give me, oh give me I really wish you would That watermelon hangin’ on the vine ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/432 "2025-08-08T08:12:00Z")
Don’t you know that I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh, I heard it through the grapevine Oh, I’m just about to lose my mind Honey, honey, 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 8, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/433 "2025-08-08T13:31:18Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > The evil of the Thriller Did that one a mere 2 weeks ago. 😛 * * * I’m gonna rock my Audible Headphone, Grapes of Wrath Drift off to oblivion I just don’t care, I just don’t care Rock my Audible Headphone, Grapes of Wrath Drift off to oblivion You think I care, I just don’t care ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/434 "2025-08-08T16:05:37Z")
We are the grapes of wrath We’ll never take a bath It is our style to seldom smile And never laugh! We are the grapes of wrath So stay out of our path There’s no escape from cranky grapes We are the grapes of wrath. ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/435 "2025-08-08T17:04:24Z")
Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear may be ever so near That’s the time you must keep on trying Smile; what’s the use of crying? You’ll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile (Toxic advice.) ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/436 "2025-08-08T17:39:04Z")
But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week, New Yorkers love the Puerto Ricans 'cause it’s very chic. Step up and shake the hand Of someone you can’t stand. You can tolerate him if you try. ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/437 "2025-08-08T17:45:15Z")
Baby left as she lost her breath Hastens off to some unknown death Trapped inside under painted eyes Takes herself into the new sunrise And you fly She pointed up into the sky And you can touch them if you try And you fly ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/438 "2025-08-08T17:47:45Z")
The radio’s playing some forgotten song Brenda Lee’s “Coming On Strong” The road’s got me hypnotised And I’m speeding into a new sunrise ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/439 "2025-08-08T17:53:58Z")
Well, at five a.m., oil pressure’s sinkin’ fast I make a pit stop, wipe the windshield, check the gas Gotta call my baby on the telephone Let her know that her daddy’s comin’ on home Sit tight, little mama, I’m comin’ ’round I got three more hours, but I’m coverin’ ground Your eyes get itchy in the wee wee hours sun’s just a red ball risin’ over them refinery towers Radio’s jammed up with gospel stations lost souls callin’ long distance salvation Hey, mister deejay, woncha hear my last prayer hey, ho, rock’n’roll, deliver me from nowhere ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/440 "2025-08-08T19:18:10Z")
We left for Frisco in your Rambler The radiator running dry I’ve never been much of a gambler And had a preference to fly You said “forget about the airline, Let’s take the car and save the fare.” We blew a gasket on the Grapevine And eighty dollars on repairs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=23)