# 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:** 34
**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:** [September 8, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/661 "2025-09-08T15:46:02Z")
So listen, young women – your virtue is pure If you love by your own heart’s advice, If a Unicorn shows up at your door, be sure That you’re willing to tender the price. And perhaps the mass media soon will make clear That the Unicorn’s days are now rare, So, who knows? The next Unicorn Song that you hear May be sung by Bette Midler and Cher. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/662 "2025-09-08T16:58:53Z")
I used to live in New York City Everything there was dark and dirty Outside my window was a steeple With a clock that always said twelve-thirty Young girls are coming to the canyon And in the mornings I can see them walking I can no longer keep my blinds drawn And I can’t keep myself from talking ---
**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 8, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/663 "2025-09-08T18:50:07Z")
You act like a kid even though you stand six foot two Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon know-it-all You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you But I don’t get bored, I just see it through Why wait for the best when I could have you? You? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/664 "2025-09-08T19:37:37Z")
I’m looking through you, where did you go I thought I knew you, what did I know You don’t look different, but you have changed I’m looking through you, you’re not the same Your lips are moving, I cannot hear Your voice is soothing, but the words aren’t clear You don’t sound different, I’ve learned the game I’m looking through you, you’re not the same Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right? Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight ---
**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:** [September 8, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/665 "2025-09-08T19:47:53Z")
Oh baby, why can’t you treat me right? Oh baby, why can’t you treat me right? You took all of my money, you done me wrong Staying out all night baby and you won’t come home Oh baby, why can’t you treat me right? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/666 "2025-09-08T20:26:50Z")
Hey, won’t you play another Somebody done somebody wrong song? And make me feel at home While I miss my baby, while I miss my baby ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/667 "2025-09-09T03:48:23Z")
I’ve been holding out so long I’ve been sleeping all alone Lord, I miss you I’ve been hanging on the phone I’ve been sleeping all alone I want to kiss you ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/668 "2025-09-09T11:42:48Z")
Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call 'Cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall ---
**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 9, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/669 "2025-09-09T12:28:55Z")
Long distance runaround Long time waiting to feel the sound I still remember the dream there I still remember the time you said goodbye Did we really tell lies Letting in the sunshine Did we really count to one hundred ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/670 "2025-09-09T14:50:28Z")
The long and winding road That leads to your door ---
**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 9, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/671 "2025-09-09T16:24:07Z")
On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha You can listen to the engine moanin’ out his one note song You can think about the woman or the girl you knew the night before But your thoughts will soon be wanderin’ the way they always do When you’re ridin’ sixteen hours and there’s nothin’ there to do And you don’t feel much like ridin’, you just wish the trip was through ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/672 "2025-09-09T18:06:09Z")
You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don’t you call me 'cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/673 "2025-09-09T20:29:37Z")
You come on like a dream, peaches and cream Lips like strawberry wine You’re sixteen, you’re beautiful And you’re mine ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/674 "2025-09-09T22:44:24Z")
Well, she was just 17 If you know what I mean And the way she looked was way beyond compare So, how could I dance with another, oh When I saw her standin’ 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:** [September 9, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/675 "2025-09-09T23:44:28Z")
Dance with me I want to be your partner Can’t you see The music is just starting? Night is falling And I am calling Dance with me ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/676 "2025-09-10T00:28:41Z")
Let’s dance Let’s dance (Let’s dance) Put on your red shoes and dance the blues (Let’s dance) To the song they’re playin’ on the radio (Let’s sway) While colour lights up your face (Let’s sway) Sway through the crowd to an empty space ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/677 "2025-09-10T00:52:09Z")
On Thursday night she looked a fright Her prickiy hair all curled, oh Lord, what a sight Dance, dance, little sister, dance On Friday night she’s all decked out Her high heel shoes, her dress so tight Dance, dance little sister, dance ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/678 "2025-09-10T01:03:40Z")
Little sister, don’t you Little sister, don’t you Little sister, don’t you kiss me once or twice Then say it’s very nice And then you run Little sister, don’t you Do what your big sister done ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/679 "2025-09-10T01:58:15Z")
C’mon, dance, little sister, little sister wants to dance All night looking for a true romance Well, in a black leather jacket walks little brother Rock her world to be her lover So signal all the children Send a message calling to the wild (HEY!) God gave man the breath of life To grow up strong, to take a wife To change the world and love is the ritual Learn to walk and talk and laugh and cry Work your fingers to the bone til the day you die And above it all, love is the ritual ---
**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 10, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/680 "2025-09-10T09:36:15Z")
Hey little sister what have you done? Hey little sister who’s the only one? Hey little sister who’s your superman? Hey little sister who’s the one you want? Hey little sister shot gun! It’s a nice day to start again. It’s a nice day for a white wedding. It’s a nice day to start again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=35)