# 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:** 46
**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 16, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/901 "2025-10-16T16:43:05Z")
Black California Crush the innocent mind Girl I ought to warn you My reputation’s unkind But you knew that anyway Black California Black California Change your lives at the Speed Of Light Show them fear and they’ll show you the knife ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/902 "2025-10-16T18:27:12Z")
California tumbles into the sea That’ll be the day I go back to Annandale ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/903 "2025-10-16T19:03:21Z")
Marry me girl, be my fairy to the world Be my very own constellation A teenage bride with a baby inside Getting high on information And buy me a star on the boulevard, it’s Californication Space may be the final frontier But it’s made in a Hollywood basement And Cobain, can you hear the spheres Singing songs off _Station to Station?_ And Alderaan’s not far away; it’s Californication ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/904 "2025-10-16T19:44:53Z")
It’s all un-in-tel-ligible I just can’t get it through my skull It’s hard to bargle nawdle zouss With all these marbles in my mouth Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know, oh no Don’t know, don’t know, don’t know… Well we don’t sound like Madonna Here we are now, we’re Nirvana Sing distinctly? We don’t wanna Buy our album, we’re Nirvana A garage band from Seattle Well, it sure beats raising cattle Yeah ---
**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 16, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/905 "2025-10-16T20:05:20Z")
We’re Knights of the Round Table Our shows are for-mid-able But many times, we’re given rhymes that are quite un-sing-able We’re opera mad in Camelot We sing from the diaphragm a lot ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/906 "2025-10-16T21:10:59Z")
Way down among Brazilians, Coffee beans grow by the billions, So they’ve got to find those extra cups to fill. **They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil.** ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/907 "2025-10-16T21:48:28Z")
I love coffee, I love tea I love the java jive and it loves me Coffee and tea and the java and me A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, boy ---
**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 16, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/908 "2025-10-16T21:55:13Z")
It started when he was just a young boy Coffee soon became his favorite toy A cup in the morning began his day Soon he was drinking coffee all day Java junkie (Always has a cup of) Java junkie (Never gets enough of) Java junkie (Drinking coffee all day) Java junkie To a coffee god he prays ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/909 "2025-10-17T01:03:06Z")
Lonely feeling deep inside Find a corner where I can hide Silent footsteps crowding me Sudden darkness but I can see No sugar tonight in my coffee No sugar tonight in my tea No sugar to stand beside me No sugar to run with me ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/910 "2025-10-17T11:17:13Z")
Well Sugar in the mornin’ Sugar in the evenin’ Sugar at suppertime Be my little sugar And love me all the time Honey in the mornin’ Honey in the evenin’ Honey at suppertime So by my little honey And love me all the time _[The McGuire Sisters](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=86eadaac309410d3&sxsrf=AE3TifNCJOiRqytvH-f_s7JvSM2aADAljg:1760699726978&q=McGuire+Sisters&si=AMgyJEtRPX4ld4pdQeltMBlsXK6YnLg9be4xryEBJwXFHLOO-Dv9IWCAl9oAqEFTrIonXVXDLGYhEqAAhLHHku1Y4biU1kCPZ4A3xw9HHti_B1WxoMEsqtGKGjEQluTpgGBrJRp7vlPZoRKjPNQDISEKR7qrcDSL2JZLCtYc-QY1t3jQTLy55SmtjXbHIsHjtjKxE9lXtSwUQGHrY5S1-7_WT_6R-5HXjQ%3D%3D&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQmqHOjauQAxVBg_0HHfz6DVIQmxN6BAgXEAI)_ ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/911 "2025-10-17T16:04:07Z")
Oh, sugar, I call my baby my sugar I never may be my sugar, that’s why my baby is so Confectionary, funny, she never pleads for my money But when she feeds me on honey, she gets her needs every time ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/912 "2025-10-17T19:21:44Z")
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down The medicine go down-wown The medicine go down Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down In a most delightful way ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/913 "2025-10-17T20:22:28Z")
"Kids are different today, " I hear every mother say Mother needs something today to calm her down And though she’s not really ill, there’s a little yellow pill She goes running for the shelter of her mother’s little helper And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day ---
**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 17, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/914 "2025-10-17T21:51:52Z")
Well, the telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? The telephone is screaming Won’t she leave me alone? The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? Ahh Well, every girl that I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Every girl I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Well, I hear my mother calling But I don’t need her as a friend Well, every girl I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Oh, ohh, mother ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/915 "2025-10-17T22:07:59Z")
Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia’s busy Too busy to come to the phone” Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia’s trying To start a new life of her own” Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia’s happy So why don’t you leave her alone?” And the operator says “forty cents more For the next three minutes” ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/916 "2025-10-17T22:41:52Z")
Diamond lights, lover boy He move in space with minimum waste And maximum joy City lights, business nights When you require streetcar desire Or higher heights No place for beginners or sensitive hearts Sentiment is left to chance No place to be ending, but somewhere to start No need to ask, he’s a smooth operator ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/917 "2025-10-18T16:24:40Z")
Operator Give me information Information Give me long distance Long distance Give me Heaven ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/918 "2025-10-18T20:11:40Z")
Oh, once in your life, you find someone Who can turn your world around; bring you up when you’re feeling down Now, nothing can change what you mean to me Oh, there’s nothing I can say Just hold me now, cuz our love will light the way And baby, you’re all that I want When you’re lying here in my arms I’m finding it hard to believe we’re in Heaven Love is all that I need And I found it there in your heart It isn’t too hard to see we’re in Heaven ---
**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:** [October 18, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/919 "2025-10-18T20:14:05Z")
I think we’re alone now.. Doesn’t seem to be anyone around. ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/920 "2025-10-18T20:18:00Z")
I hear the ticking of the clock I’m lying here, the room’s pitch-dark I wonder where you are tonight; no answer on the telephone And the night goes by so very slow Oh, I hope that it won’t end, though Alone Til now, I always got by on my own I never really cared until I met you And now it chills me to the bone: How do I get you alone? How do I get you alone? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=47)