# 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:** 25
**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 13, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/481 "2025-08-13T00:55:04Z")
We got a lotta little teenage blue-eyed groupies who’d do anything we say We got a genuine Indian guru, he’s teaching us a better way We got all the friends that money can buy, so we never have to be alone And we keep getting richer but we can’t get our picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/482 "2025-08-13T12:37:03Z")
When everthing is goin’ my way She wants to be close at hand She moves to some other doorway When things don’t go the way she planned Yeah, she’s a star collector (collector of stars) She only aims to please young celebrities Yeah, she’s a star collector (collector of stars) Woah, It won’t take much time before I get her off my mind ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/483 "2025-08-13T12:48:28Z")
Sending dream flakes your way Painting pictures To help you each day Yet, you don’t know I’m there Lost Northern Star Buried in sorrow I’ll guard your mind Let demons howl outside My soul burns ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/484 "2025-08-13T21:10:53Z")
C’mon, shine your heavenly body tonight 'Cause I know you’re gonna make everything alright Um, c’mon, shine your heavenly body tonight 'Cause I know you’re gonna make everything alright You may be my lucky star But I’m the luckiest by far ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/485 "2025-08-13T21:20:01Z")
You must be my Lucky Star 'Cause you shine on me wherever you are I just think of you, and I start to glow And I need your light and baby, you know ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/486 "2025-08-13T21:26:11Z")
Stargazing me In a tumbling sea Up in the galaxy Staring down on me Stargazer… Stargazer reach out to touch With your mind that frees you so much Stargazer kissing your kismet With bright jewel encrusted scars ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/487 "2025-08-14T02:31:14Z")
You’re a shining star No matter who you are Shining bright to see What you can truly be ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/488 "2025-08-14T11:33:04Z")
There’s a starman waiting in the sky He’d like to come and meet us But he thinks he’d blow our minds There’s a starman waiting in the sky He’s told us not to blow it 'Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/489 "2025-08-14T11:46:43Z")
Make me, baby Make me know you really care Make me jump into the air Keep your 'lectric eye on me, babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah, yeah ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/490 "2025-08-14T12:33:57Z")
Cheer up, sleepy Jean Oh, what can it mean To a daydream believer And a homecoming queen ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/491 "2025-08-14T12:42:04Z")
Caviar and cigarettes Well versed in etiquette Extraordinarily nice She’s a Killer Queen Gunpowder, gelatine Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime ---
**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 14, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/492 "2025-08-14T13:31:06Z")
Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite Dynamite Baby… I am your animal watching your head I have been following you Walking behind you Sleeping with you Getting into your bed ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/493 "2025-08-14T15:00:17Z")
I don’t believe in guarded borders and I don’t believe in hate I don’t believe in generals or their stinking torture states And when I talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relate If I had a rocket launcher…I would retaliate ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/494 "2025-08-14T15:46:42Z")
Generals and Majors ah ah They’re never too far From battlefields so glorious Out in a world of their own They’ll never come down Till once again victorious, whoa Generals and Majors always Seem so unhappy 'less they got a war ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/495 "2025-08-14T16:05:47Z")
Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses Evil minds that plot destruction Sorcerer of death’s construction ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/496 "2025-08-14T19:35:05Z")
“Forward”, he cried from the rear And the front rank died The generals sat and the lines on the map Moved from side to side ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/497 "2025-08-14T20:23:43Z")
I’m lying on a stretcher They’re lying to my face There’s no-one left to help me I’m just a waste of space It’s only a number It’s only a death Another soldier died in action The telegram regrets ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/498 "2025-08-14T20:53:50Z")
Go ahead and hate your neighbor Go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of heaven You can justify it in the end There won’t be any trumpets blowing Come the judgement day On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides 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 14, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/499 "2025-08-14T21:07:46Z")
The Soldier Blues were trapped on a hillside The battle ragin’ all around The sergeant cried, “We’ve gotta hang on boys We’ve gotta hold this piece of ground I need a volunteer to ride out And bring us back some extra men” And Billy’s hand was up in a moment Forgettin’ all the words she said, she said "Billy, don’t be a hero, don’t be a fool with your life ---
**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 14, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/500 "2025-08-14T21:32:20Z")
They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam It really brought him down because he couldn’t jam The captain seemed to understand Because the next day the cap’ went out and drafted a band And now the company jumps when he plays reveille He’s the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=26)