# 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:** 44
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/861 "2025-10-10T19:24:02Z")
Go tell that long tongue liar Go tell that midnight rider Tell the gambler, the rambler, the back biter Tell them God Almighty gonna cut 'em down You may run on for the long time Run along for the long time Run along for the long time Let me tell you God Almighty gonna cut you down ---
**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 10, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/862 "2025-10-10T20:32:18Z")
[couldn’t have teed that up today any better for me and John L., **knoodler** :] Run, run my last race, Take my place Have this number Of mine. Run, run like a fire, Don’t you run in In the lanes Run for 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:** [October 11, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/863 "2025-10-11T23:03:32Z")
I walked along the avenue I never thought I’d meet a girl like you Meet a girl like you With auburn hair and tawny eyes The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through Hypnotize me through And I ran, I ran so far away I just ran, I ran all night and day But couldn’t get away ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/864 "2025-10-11T23:26:01Z")
It’s the same kind of story That seems to come down from long ago Two friends having coffee together When something flies by their window It might be out on that lawn Which is wide, at least half of a playing field Because there’s no explaining what your imagination Can make you see and feel Seems like a dream They got me hypnotized ---
**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 12, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/865 "2025-10-12T00:54:58Z")
But in the depth of a dream Where the grass is always so green And the sky is always blue I’m escaping silently I’m rejecting violently This world for something new Imagination Living mental isolation Imagination Imagination Far from your contamination Drifting in my inner space Imagination ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/866 "2025-10-12T01:16:44Z")
Melinda was mine til the time that I found her Holding Jim; loving him Then Sue came along; loved me strong, that’s what I thought Me and Sue, but that died too Don’t know that I will, but until I can find me Someone who’ll stay and won’t play games behind me I’ll be what I am Solitary man Solitary man ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/867 "2025-10-12T01:28:31Z")
And solitaire’s the only game in town And every road that takes him Takes him down And by himself it’s easy to pretend He’ll never love again And keeping to himself he plays the game Without her love It always ends the same While life goes on around him everywhere He’s playing solitaire ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/868 "2025-10-12T03:05:12Z")
He deals the cards as a meditation And those he plays never suspect He doesn’t play for the money he wins He doesn’t play for respect He deals the cards to find the answer The sacred geometry of chance The hidden law of a probable outcome The numbers lead a dance I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier I know that the clubs, the weapons of war I know that diamonds bring money for this art But that’s not the shape of my heart ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/869 "2025-10-12T03:37:15Z")
She makes the sign of a teaspoon He makes the sign of a wave The poor boy changes clothes And puts on after-shave To compensate for his ordinary shoes And she said, “Honey take me dancing” But they ended up by sleeping In a doorway By the bodegas and the lights on Upper Broadway Wearing diamonds on the soles of their shoes ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/870 "2025-10-12T04:01:43Z")
In the year of the scavenger, the season of the bitch Sashay on the boardwalk, scurry to the ditch Just another future song, lonely little kitsch (There’s gonna be sorrow) try and wake up tomorrow I keep a friend serene (Will they come?) Oh, baby, come unto me (Will they come?) Well, she’s come, been and gone Come out of the garden, baby You’ll catch your death in the fog Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/871 "2025-10-12T13:15:50Z")
Who was born in a house full of pain Who was trained not to spit in the fan Who was told what to do by the man Who was broken by trained personnel Who was fitted with collar and chain Who was given a pat on the back Who was breaking away from the pack Who was only a stranger at home Who was ground down in the end Who was found dead on the phone Who was dragged down by the stone. ---
**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 12, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/872 "2025-10-12T14:35:47Z")
There’s a red fox torn by a huntsman’s pack There’s a black-winged gull with a broken back There’s a little black spot on the sun today It’s the same old thing as yesterday I have stood here before, inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles, running 'round my brain I guess I’m always hoping that you’ll end this rain But it’s my destiny to be the King of Pain ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/873 "2025-10-12T15:22:02Z")
Don’t call me highness It’s a long way down. ---
**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 12, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/874 "2025-10-12T17:50:14Z")
Up, up, up where the birds fly Up, up, up where they go Up, up, up like a bird Up, up, up like a bird It’s a long way down Street and houses people toytown And from here to as fro As I can see there’s no one higher Than me ---
**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 12, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/875 "2025-10-12T21:50:02Z")
Love is waiting there in my beautiful balloon Way up in the air in my beautiful balloon If you’ll hold my hand we’ll chase your dream across the sky For we can fly (we can fly) Up, up and away My beautiful, my beautiful balloon Balloon… ---
**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 12, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/876 "2025-10-12T21:55:11Z")
Mama, dear mama, look in yonder tree See that pretty little sparrow, a-lookin’ back at me She can soar above the clouds, way up in the sky She can fly away from here, why, o why, can’t I? Daughter, dear daughter, I’ll tell you something true Remember Granny Liza? Well every night she flew They tried to keep her down but there was nothing they could do She could fly, she could fly She could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high She could fly across the river Her spirit in her hands Searching, always searching for the promised land ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/877 "2025-10-12T21:55:12Z")
I try to laugh about it now but isn’t it funny how everything works out I guess the joke’s on me, she said I was up above it I was up above it Now I’m down in it ---
**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 12, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/878 "2025-10-12T21:58:34Z")
Your American nightclubs Ah, they’ve got nowhere left Something for nothing All of your friends gone Something for nothing That’s all that you know There’s something down in the hole Down down down in the hole There’s something down down down down in the hole ---
**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 12, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/879 "2025-10-12T22:28:16Z")
He will go down he will drown drown deeper down The river wild will take your only child He will go down he will drown drown deeper down The mills grind slow in a riverbed ghost town He will go down he will drown drown deeper down The river wild will take your only child He will go down he will drown drown deeper down The mills grind slow in a riverbed ghost town He will go down he will drown drown deeper down If you want me, do come across ---
**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 12, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/880 "2025-10-12T23:51:49Z")
"Look down, look down, don’t look them in the eye “Look down, look down, you’re here until you die” “The sun is strong, it’s hot as hell below” “Look down, look down, there’s twenty years to go” “I’ve done no wrong; sweet Jesus, hear my prayer” “Look down, look down, sweet Jesus doesn’t care” “I know she’ll wait; I know that she’ll be true” “Look down, look down, they’ve all forgotten you” “When I get free, you won’t see me here for dust!” “Look down, look down, don’t look them in the eye” “How long, O Lord, before you let me die?” "Look down, look down, you’ll always be a slave “Look down, look down, you’re standing in your grave” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=45)