# 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:** 41
**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 28, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/801 "2025-09-28T00:53:36Z")
Waiting for the break of day Searching for something to say Flashing lights against the sky Giving up, I close my eyes Sitting cross-legged on the floor Twenty five or six to four ---
**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 30, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/802 "2025-09-30T10:20:50Z")
You pack a bag, you say goodbye You kiss me on the cheek and look me in the eye You tell a lie that you will soon return to me I loved you then; I love you still And now it won’t be long until you’re here at last And then I’ll ask if your heart still burns for me I would travel every ring of Hell Just to see if you’ll be mine Merry Sinsmas; know that you are on my mind Merry Sinsmas; truer love is hard to find ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/803 "2025-09-30T14:14:35Z")
I lent you some collateral to buy new clothes It went out the window and up your nose And that’s the end of the honeymoon Yeah we walked down the aisle for another mile I’d walk a million miles for one of your smiles And you can have all the money soon ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/804 "2025-10-01T02:06:57Z")
No matter where I put my head I’ll wake up feeling sound again Dreamin’, it’s all you can Tomorrow smells of less decay The flowers greet this blooming fray Be thankful, that’s all you can Oh, but don’t, don’t sink the boat That you built, you built to keep afloat Oh no, don’t, no, don’t sink the boat That you built, you built to keep afloat ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/805 "2025-10-02T00:15:23Z")
So I’d like to know where you got the notion Said I’d like to know where you got the notion To rock the boat Don’t rock the boat, baby Rock the boat Don’t tip the boat over Rock the boat Don’t rock the boat, baby Rock the boat ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/806 "2025-10-02T01:35:19Z")
Put me on a ship that is sinking On a voyage to an untamed land Take away the freedoms I wanted I understand ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/807 "2025-10-02T14:57:00Z")
Some days I don’t know if I am wrong or right Your mind is playing tricks on you, my dear 'Cause though the truth may vary This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/808 "2025-10-02T19:53:14Z")
Everything is black and white You are wrong and we are right First we’ll spank your big behinds Then we’ll twist your little minds ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/809 "2025-10-02T23:06:31Z")
Love = Hate And Death = Fate An Enemy always = An Adorer But Priest = Aura But Life = Time And Time = Space And Space = Sublime And Human = Race Oh and Woman = Man And Part = Pan The Fauna ought to = The Flora But Priest = Aura And Beginning = The End And the End always = The Start But Straight = Bent The Mind sometimes = The Heart And You = Me The Land = The Sea Richer = Poorer And Priest = Aura ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/810 "2025-10-03T00:32:25Z")
What about love? IT’S DEFECTIVE! It’s always breaking in half What about sex? IT’S DEFECTIVE! It’s never built to really last What about your family? IT’S DEFECTIVE! All the batteries are shot What about your friends? THEY’RE DEFECTIVE! All the parts are out of stock What about hope? IT’S DEFECTIVE! It’s corroded and decayed What about faith? IT’S DEFECTIVE! It’s tattered and it’s frayed What about your gods? THEY’RE DEFECTIVE! They forgot the warranty What about your town? IT’S DEFECTIVE! It’s a dead-end street to me What about your school? IT’S DEFECTIVE! It’s a pack of useless Iies What about your work? IT’S DEFECTIVE! It’s a crock and then you die What about your childhood? IT’S DEFECTIVE! It’s dead and buried in the past What about your future? IT’S DEFECTIVE! And you can shove it up your ass! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/811 "2025-10-03T01:10:26Z")
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible Logical, oh responsible, practical And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable Oh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/812 "2025-10-03T01:26:24Z")
We can confirm there’s no injuries, just the daily mundane A headache, a splinter, a left ankle sprain It’s happening again Why are we singing? Apologies; the most confounding thing We appear to be singing Most unusual; so peculiar ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/813 "2025-10-03T01:47:34Z")
It’s a most unusual time I keep feeling my temperature climb If my heart won’t behave in the usual way Well, there’s only one thing to say It’s a most unusual, most unusual, most unusual day ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/814 "2025-10-03T01:48:47Z")
The Keen and the Quing were quirling at quoits, In the meadow behind the mere. Tho’ mainly the meadow was middled with mow, And heretical hitherto here. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/815 "2025-10-03T01:57:28Z")
I know a ditty nutty as a fruitcake Goofy as a goon and silly as a loon Some call it pretty, others call it crazy But they all sing this tune: Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey A kiddley divey too, wouldn’t you? Yes! Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey A kiddley divey too, wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/816 "2025-10-03T15:15:31Z")
Well, I got home early one Monday Much to my surprise She was eating chicken and dumplings Oh, with some other guy No more bread and butter Ah, no more toast and jam He found his baby eating Ah, with some other man ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/817 "2025-10-03T16:35:46Z")
Somebody been sleepin’ in my bed, Somebody been sittin’ in my chair. They ate up all my food, and I don’t stand for such. Don’t tell me it was a woman, 'cause a woman don’t eat that much. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/818 "2025-10-03T16:59:09Z")
At night I’m a junk food junkie Oh, Lord, have mercy on me ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/819 "2025-10-03T17:55:39Z")
Let us drink the cup together on our knees Let us drink the cup together on our knees When I fall on my knees, with my face to the rising sun Oh, Lord, have mercy on 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:** [October 3, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/820 "2025-10-03T18:03:57Z")
Hey, baby… where do you come from? Well she looked at me and smiled and looked into space… And said, “I’m coming from the land of a new rising sun.” Then I said, “Hey, baby, where ya trying to go to?” Then she says, “I’m gonna spin and spread around peace of mind… And a whole lotta love to you and you!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=42)