# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![bodangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/721 "2025-09-13T13:28:59Z")
You hold the gun And I hold the wound And we stand looking in each other’s eyes Both think we know what’s right Both know we know what’s wrong We tell ourselves so many, many, many lies We’re not pawns in any game Not tools of bigger men There’s only one who can really move us all It all looks fine to the naked eye But it don’t really happen that way at all ---
**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 13, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/722 "2025-09-13T17:53:38Z")
It’s clouds’ illusions I recall I really don’t know clouds at all. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/723 "2025-09-13T19:31:17Z")
Oh, the rain comes a pitter, patter And I’d like to be safe in bed Skies are weeping, while the world is sleeping Trouble heaping on our head It is vain to remain and chatter And to wait for a clearer sky Helter skelter, I must fly for shelter Till the clouds roll by ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/724 "2025-09-13T19:37:22Z")
Rainy day, rain all day Ain’t no use in getting uptight Just let it groove its own way Let it drain your worries away, yeah Lay back and groove on a rainy day hey Lay back and dream on a rainy day Lay back and groove on a rainy day Lay back, oh yeah! ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/725 "2025-09-13T21:57:34Z")
You and me and rain on the roof Caught up in a summer shower Dryin’ while it soaks the flowers Maybe we’ll be caught for hours Waitin’ out the sun ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/726 "2025-09-14T03:41:36Z")
If you’re going to San Francisco … Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair… ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/727 "2025-09-14T03:51:36Z")
Poor Jud is dead; a candle lights his head He’s laying in a coffin made of wood (Wood) And folks are feeling sad Cuz they used to treat him bad And now they know their friend is gone for good (Good) Poor Jud is dead, a candle lights his head He’s looking oh so pretty and so nice He looks like he’s asleep; it’s a shame that he won’t keep But it’s summer and we’re running out of ice ---
**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 14, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/728 "2025-09-14T21:51:21Z")
Little sisters of the sun lit Candles in the rain Fed the world on oats and raisins Candles in the rain Lit the fire to the soul Who never knew his friends Meher Baba lives again Candles in the rain To be there is to remember ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/729 "2025-09-15T03:34:09Z")
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark All the sweet, green icing flowing down Someone left my cake out in the rain I don’t think that I can take it 'Cause it took too long to bake it And I’ll never have that recipe again, oh no ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/730 "2025-09-15T12:00:33Z")
The sky is cryin’ Can’t you see the tears roll down the street The sky is cryin’ Can’t you see the tears roll down the street I’ve been looking for my baby And I wonder where can she be ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/731 "2025-09-15T12:12:58Z")
Sometimes I feel the ocean in my blood See rain from the sky above Her salt brined tears And now Those tears leave taste on my tongue Like the warm rush you get from Black opium ---
**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 15, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/732 "2025-09-15T15:55:12Z")
She messed around with a bloke named Smoky She loved him though he was cokey He took her down to Chinatown Where he showed her how to kick the gong around ---
**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 15, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/733 "2025-09-15T16:02:47Z")
Well, you’re dirty and sweet Clad in black, don’t look back and I love you You’re dirty and sweet, oh yeah Well, you’re slim and you’re weak You’ve got the teeth of the hydra upon you You’re dirty, sweet and you’re my girl Get it on, bang a gong, get it on Get it on, bang a gong, get it on ---
**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 15, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/734 "2025-09-15T16:16:15Z")
Take my hand, Young Nasty Man, and we’ll fly You’ve got your broadsword, there’s the hydra Slice his nuts and grab his scrote You take the high road, I’ll take the low There’s the crevasse Fill it with your mighty juice ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/735 "2025-09-15T17:51:29Z")
Sittin’ in the movie show Thinkin’ nasty thoughts Better be a gentleman or you’ll turn me off That’s right, lemme tell it Nasty, nasty boys, don’t mean a thing Oh, you nasty boys Nasty, nasty boys, don’t ever change, huh Oh, you nasty boys ---
**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 15, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/736 "2025-09-15T20:21:44Z")
Bad boys Whatcha want, whatcha want? Whatcha gonna do When Sheriff John Brown come for you? Tell me, whatcha wanna do? Whatcha gonna do? Yeah Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ---
**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 15, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/737 "2025-09-15T20:25:26Z")
Bad girls Talking 'bout the sad girls Sad girls Talking 'bout bad girls, yeah ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/738 "2025-09-16T04:14:01Z")
Sometimes, sometimes Sometimes bad is bad Aah, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit Doo wop, wop I say cool is a rule, but Sometimes, bad is bad ---
**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 16, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/739 "2025-09-16T06:09:22Z")
But sometimes when we touch The honesty’s too much And I have to close my eyes and cry I wanna hold you til I die Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you til the fear in me subsides ---
**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 16, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/740 "2025-09-16T12:51:38Z")
Well this is such A sad affair I’ve opened up my heart So many times But now it’s closed Oh my dear Every salted tear It wrings Bittersweet applause And now, as you turn to leave You try to force a smile As if to compensate Then you break down and cry [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=38)