# 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:** 32
**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 30, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/621 "2025-08-30T01:02:11Z")
Ah, Cheri My love for you is très, très fort Wish my French were good enough I’d tell you so much more But I hope that you compris All the things you mean to me Darling, je vous aime beaucoup I love you, yes, I do ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/622 "2025-08-30T02:20:12Z")
Belle, Une rose qui a joue son role Mon Miroir, Mon clef d’or Mon cheval Et mon gant sont les cinq secrets de ma puissance Come hold my hand, no bad-vibe hearts… Je voulais livrer Il vous suffira de mettre ce gant A votre main droite Il vous transportera ou vous desirez l’etre ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/623 "2025-08-30T04:49:45Z")
Ben, most people would turn you away (turn you away) I don’t listen to a word they say (a word they say) They don’t see you as I do I wish they would try to I’m sure they’d think again If they had a friend like Ben ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/624 "2025-08-30T04:53:34Z")
Oooh, they so spaced out, Ba ba ba Bennie and the Jets ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/625 "2025-08-30T11:35:27Z")
The Jets are coming out on top tonight We’re gonna watch Bernardo drop tonight That Puerto Rican punk’ll go down And when he’s hollered uncle, we’ll tear up the town ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/626 "2025-08-30T13:57:56Z")
I’m leaving on a jet plane I don’t know when I’ll be back again ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/627 "2025-08-30T14:33:08Z")
And a jet could take me far But I couldn’t escape this feeling That I don’t know where I’m bound If I did get away Am I trapped or just worn down? I work hard, and I miss my family But the wheels of industry Keep on grinding away This is life on the outside, yeah, yeah, yeah ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/628 "2025-08-30T14:42:36Z")
Flying back from Lubbock, I saw Jesus on a plane. Or maybe it was Elvis - you know, they kinda look the same. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/629 "2025-08-30T15:20:12Z")
I saw the ghost of Elvis On Union Avenue Followed him up to the gates of Graceland And I watched him walk right through ---
**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 30, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/630 "2025-08-30T17:21:59Z")
I saw Elvis Presley and Amelia Earhart In the Philadelphia airport last night He was checking his guitar in the baggage claim She was waiting for a standby flight I could swear it was him and Jimmy Hoffa By the ATM machine If I’d had a camera I’d have snapped a picture And sold it to _People_ magazine Oh me, oh my There we were; the King and I Just a couple of regular old guys Having the time of our lives ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/631 "2025-08-30T20:28:26Z")
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time Tattoos of memories, and dead skin on trial For what it’s worth, it was worth all the while It’s something unpredictable But in the end, it’s right I hope you had the time of 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 30, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/632 "2025-08-30T20:34:42Z")
It wasn’t out of cruelty I said goodbye today But the pictures were turning yellow I helped them on their way The wind picks up the pieces Blows them all around Breathe in the smoke,then breathe it out I tore out all the pages one by one Put them in the fire Light shines almost brighter than before One more time one more time ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/633 "2025-08-30T20:53:24Z")
There’s a chapter on fathers, a chapter on sons There are pages of conflicts that nobody won And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat There’s a page where we fail to meet There are tales of good fortune that couldn’t be planned There’s a chapter on God that I don’t understand There’s the promise of Heaven and Hell but I’m damned if I see Though the pages are numbered I can’t see where they lead For the end is a mystery no one can read In the book of my life ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/634 "2025-08-31T03:42:54Z")
Well, high school seemed like such a blur I didn’t have much interest in sports or school elections And in class I dreamed all day About a rock ‘n’ roll weekend And the girl in the front of the room So close yet so far, ya know she never seemed to notice That this silly school-boy crush wasn’t just pretend Life goes by so fast You only want to do what you think is right Close your eyes and then it’s past Story of my life ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/635 "2025-09-01T00:32:32Z")
Up in the mornin’ and out to school The teacher is teachin’ the Golden Rule American history and practical math You study ‘em hard and hopin’ to pass Workin’ your fingers right down to the bone And the guy behind you won’t leave you alone ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/636 "2025-09-01T01:39:26Z")
Left school with a first class pass, Started work but as second class. School taught one and one is two. But by now, that answer just ain’t true. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/637 "2025-09-01T01:45:12Z")
12 o’clock comes with mass hysteria, everybody rushes down to the cafeteria, picked up my tray to have Thursday’s lunch, and as I tried the apple sauce, I heard it crunch, I’m running up the stairs with my front tooth broken, the nurse just laughed, and said you must be joking, I looked up at her with a smile on my face, no joke 'cause my front tooth is out of place, so I walked to school with ice on my lip, the nurse’s late pass like a gun on my hip, my books are real heavy, I’m walking, I’m dragging, ain’t no school lunch next week, I’m brown-bagging it, forget class, I’m a shoot some ball, with the late pass I got no trouble at all, but then the nurse walks up and says what do you know, it’s off to the principal’s office you go. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/638 "2025-09-01T02:59:08Z")
It’s six o’clock, good morning sounds are everywhere The warmth of spring, a gentle breeze blows through my hair I hurry through my life never stopping to see How beautiful it was meant to be I’m just a prisoner in a king’s disguise Broken dreams as we shuffle by ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/639 "2025-09-01T03:10:23Z")
and I say to myself, “It’s a wonderful world.” ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/640 "2025-09-01T13:37:04Z")
One day I noticed the world at my feet Next day comes and it rolls into the street Gathering speed Paying no heed That made me bleed until I was blue But you know I never wanted to Ah, you know I did it just for you [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=33)