# 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:** 51
**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:** [October 31, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1001 "2025-10-31T14:04:19Z")
A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance And maybe they’d be happy for a while But February made me shiver With every paper I’d deliver Bad news on the doorstep I couldn’t take one more step ---
**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 31, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1002 "2025-10-31T15:02:19Z")
A gypsy of a strange and distant time Travelling in panic all directions blind Aching for the warmth of a burning sun Freezing in the emptiness of where she’d come from Oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh Left without a hope of coming home ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1003 "2025-10-31T15:08:28Z")
Gypsy woman said to me “One thing you must bear in your mind You are young and you are free But damned if you’re deceased in your own lifetime” ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1004 "2025-11-01T18:19:25Z")
We are young Heartache to heartache we stand No promises No demands Love is a battlefield We are strong No one can tell us we’re wrong Searching our hearts for so long Both of us knowing Love is a battlefield ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1005 "2025-11-02T00:23:03Z")
It’s a heartache Nothing but a heartache Hits you when it’s too late Hits you when you’re down It’s a fool’s game Nothing but a fool’s game Standing in the cold rain Feeling like a clown ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1006 "2025-11-04T20:08:21Z")
With her hands in my hair, oh, I love the way she touches I’m a mess; I don’t care, and I kinda fucking love it, boy You should have known I’d have a better time with her Ooh, thank God you introduced me to your sister ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1007 "2025-11-04T20:13:24Z")
I miss my sister, why’d she go? She’s the one who would have taken me To my first all-ages show. It was the Violent Femmes and the Del Fuegos, Before they had a record out. Before they went gold, And started to grow. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1008 "2025-11-04T20:16:18Z")
I’m just a regular Joe with a regular job I’m your average white suburbanite slob I like football, and porno, and books about war I’ve got an average house with a nice hardwood floor My wife and my job, my kids and my car My feet on the table, and a Cuban cigar But sometimes, that just ain’t enough to keep a man like me interested Oh no, no way, uh-uh No, I’ve gotta go out and have fun at someone else’s expense Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh yeah yeah yeah I drive really slow in the ultra-fast lane While people behind me are going insane! I’m an asshole! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1009 "2025-11-04T20:28:48Z")
Hey! Do you know what you are? You’re an asshole! An ASSHOLE! Some of you might not agree 'Cause you probably likes a lot of misery But think a while and you will see… Broken hearts are for assholes Broken hearts are for assholes Are you an asshole? Broken hearts are for assholes Are you an asshole too? Whatcha gonna do, 'cause you’re an asshole ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1010 "2025-11-04T20:38:39Z")
Catching flies in his mouth Tasting freedom while he dares Then crawling back, back to the top Top of the stairs Of the stairs He won’t see the sun again for years again He’s broken out in love ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1011 "2025-11-04T22:28:31Z")
Sitting on the park bench Eyeing little girls with bad intent. Snot is running down his nose Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes. Hey Aqualung Drying in the cold sun Watching as the frilly panties run. Hey Aqualung Feeling like a dead duck Spitting out pieces of his broken luck. Whoa, Aqualung ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1012 "2025-11-04T23:04:26Z")
I see a red door and I want to paint it, black No colors anymore; I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1013 "2025-11-05T02:56:53Z")
Ooh, and all I taught her was everything Mmm, oh, I know she gave me all that she wore And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds Of what was everything All the pictures had all been washed in black Tattooed everything ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1014 "2025-11-05T17:57:58Z")
Beautiful tats (yeah), all over my back (all over) And I’ve got some space here, on the side of my face here (haha) For another tattoo, baby (Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo) Another tattoo baby (Noth-noth-nother tattoo, babe, noth-nother tattoo) No, I’m not high (high) I’m really okay (okay) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1015 "2025-11-05T18:29:47Z")
I chased a polecat up a tree Way out upon a limb And when he got the best of me I got the worst of him Ho-hum, the tune is dumb The words don’t mean a thing Isn’t this a silly song For anyone to sing? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1016 "2025-11-05T20:33:41Z")
Grab a fence post! Hold it tight! Whomp your partner with all your might! Hit him in the shin! Hit him in the head! Hit him again! That critter ain’t dead. Whomp him low and whomp him high! Stick your finger in his eye! Pretty little rhythm, pretty little sound Bang your heads against the ground! ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1017 "2025-11-05T21:41:05Z")
I’m Popeye the Sailor Man I’m Popeye the Sailor Man I’m strong to the finish cuz I eats me spinach I’m Popeye the Sailor Man I’m one tough gazookus Who hates all palookas Who ain’t on the ups and square I biffs em and bobs em And always out rocks em And none of them get nowhere If anyone dasses to risk me fisk It’s “boff” and it’s “wham”, understan? So keep good behavior, that’s your one lifesaver With Popeye the Sailor Man I’m Popeye the Sailor Man I’m Popeye the Sailor Man I’m strong to the finish cuz I eats me spinach I’m Popeye the Sailor 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:** [November 6, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1018 "2025-11-06T02:50:37Z")
Easy come, easy go Up, down, all around, kiss and kiss And pound for pound, delicious Mmm so nutritious Sailor beware take it slow Easy come, easy go ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1019 "2025-11-06T03:24:19Z")
She is not anywhere On water land or air A mirage girl Forget her, forever Sailor Far from the sea Sailor Sailor ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1020 "2025-11-06T10:09:55Z")
Caribbean queen, now we’re sharing the same dream And our hearts can beat as one No more love on the run [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=52)