# 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:** 39
**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 18, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/761 "2025-09-18T16:41:42Z")
This time you’ve gone too far This time you’ve gone too far This time you’ve gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you This time you’ve gone too far This time you’ve gone too far This time you’ve gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you Don’t talk back Just drive the car Shut your mouth I know what you are Don’t say nothing Keep your hands on the wheel Don’t turn around This is for real ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/762 "2025-09-19T02:44:38Z")
Asked a girl what she wanted to be She said, “Baby, can’t you see? I wanna be famous, a star of the screen But you can do something in between” “Baby, you can drive my car Yes, I’m gonna be a star Baby, you can drive my car And maybe I’ll love you” ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/763 "2025-09-19T03:43:09Z")
Who’s gonna pick you up When you fall? Who’s gonna hang it up When you call? Who’s gonna pay attention To your dreams? Yeah, who’s gonna plug their ears When you scream? You can’t go on thinking Nothing’s wrong, oh oh Who’s gonna drive you home Tonight? ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/764 "2025-09-19T14:56:06Z")
Pause without end A moment in time suspends How could she leave? Release all your guilt and breathe Give up your pain Hold up your head again You need to clear away All the jetsam in your brain And face the truth Well love can make amends While the darkness always ends You’re still alone So drive home ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/765 "2025-09-19T15:49:02Z")
I ain’t never lost a fight in my life I’ll send you home crying to your fat and ugly wife If you don’t believe me when I tell you this Well, let me introduce you to my rock-hard first The cops are saying I belong behind bars And I’m guilty (guilty) I’m guilty as charged ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/766 "2025-09-19T21:40:23Z")
The DA was Burger The cop was Tragg Della was his secretary Drake sat on the desk with Perry… ---
**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 19, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/767 "2025-09-19T21:55:55Z")
I’m breakin’ rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I needed money 'cause I had none I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/768 "2025-09-19T22:23:33Z")
Agents of the law Luckless pedestrians I know you’re out there With rage in your eyes and your megaphones Sayin’ lonely soul give in Mad dog surrender How can I answer A man of my mind can do anything ---
**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 19, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/769 "2025-09-19T22:40:51Z")
Dead leaves always give up motion Well, I no longer feel emotion When prophecy fails the falling notion Yes, don’t report this Agents of fortune ---
**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 20, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/770 "2025-09-20T21:16:37Z")
There’s a man who leads a life of danger To everyone he meets he stays a stranger With every move he makes Another chance he takes Odds are he won’t live to see tomorrow Secret agent man, secret agent man They’ve given you a number And taken away your name ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/771 "2025-09-21T05:04:30Z")
I’ve got detectives on his case They filmed the whole charade (My rival, show me my rival) He’s got a scar across his face He wears a hearing aid Sure he’s a jolly roger Until he answers for his crime Yes I’ll match him whim for whim now ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/772 "2025-09-21T09:33:42Z")
She is watching the detectives Ooh, he’s so cute Watching the detectives Oh, when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot They beat him up until the teardrops start But he can’t be wounded when he’s got no heart ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/773 "2025-09-21T13:44:35Z")
Next morning came, as mornings do I had a shave that was close, too (A close shave) In the mirror, in my space Was a man without a face I rang my client and I banged on her door I told her it was me that we was lookin’ for It was clear to see that the lady was love blind (love blind) It was clear to see, it was clear that she was love blind (love blind) Love blind ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/774 "2025-09-21T22:55:20Z")
Ha, it’s poetry in motion Now she’s making love to me The spheres are in commotion The elements in harmony She blinded me with science (“She blinded me with science”) And hit me with technology ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/775 "2025-09-22T02:02:48Z")
Can make a blind man see A lame man walk Can make a deaf woman hear And a little baby talk Now I’m wild about my jelly 'Bout my sweet jelly roll When you taste my jelly You wanna take me right home ---
**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 22, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/776 "2025-09-22T15:34:09Z")
I can turn the gray sky blue I can make it rain whenever I want it to Oh, I can build a castle from a single grain of sand I can make a ship sail, huh, on dry land But my life is incomplete and I’m so blue 'Cause I can’t get next to you ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/777 "2025-09-22T15:37:31Z")
I met this girl for the first time on Saturday night Standing in the queue at the Odeon alright Oh I took her by surprise When I gave her one of my lines She started smiling at me real fine (ha) That’s when I said Can I sit next to you, girl Can I sit next to you, girl ---
**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:** [September 22, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/778 "2025-09-22T16:40:31Z")
I’ve seen the bright lights of Memphis and the Commodore Hotel And underneath a streetlamp, I met a southern belle Well, she took me to the river, where she cast her spell And in that southern moonlight, she sang a song so well If you’ll be my Dixie chicken, I’ll be your Tennessee lamb And we can walk together down in Dixieland Down in Dixieland ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/779 "2025-09-22T16:43:49Z")
A zinger burger here And a zinger burger there Going through the drive through like I don′t care Gonna order me that popcorn chicken And 10 chicken nuggets it’s a finger good lickin KFC is there for me at the end of every night It′s always been a good treat It’s the best of all bites Shut up and take my money ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/780 "2025-09-22T16:54:15Z")
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