# 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:** 57
**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 19, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1121 "2025-11-19T18:34:50Z")
When you wish upon a star Dreams will take you very far, yeah But when you wish upon a dream Life ain’t always what it seems, oh yeah What’d you see, on nights so clear In the sky, so very dear, yeah You’re a shining star No matter who you are Shining bright to see What you could truly be (What you could truly be) ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1122 "2025-11-19T20:23:00Z")
The moon shook and curled up like gentle fire The ocean glazed and melted wire Voices buzzed in spiral eyes Stars dived in blinding skies Stars die Blinding sky ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1123 "2025-11-19T23:29:05Z")
Stars fading but I linger on dear Still craving your kiss Now I’m longin’ to linger till dawn dear Just saying this Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you But in your dreams whatever they be Dream a little dream of 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:** [November 19, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1124 "2025-11-19T23:32:51Z")
Sing with me, sing for the years Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears Sing with me, if just for today Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord’ll take you away ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1125 "2025-11-20T00:38:00Z")
[Ahhh, one of my _least_ fave mondegreens, “Sing woman”: since S. Tyler mumbles his way through that particular lyric, we’ll never know for sure, oh weel…] * * * Scheherazade bewitched him With songs of jeweled keys Princes and of heroes And eastern fantasies Told him tales of sultans And talismans and rings A thousand and one nights she sang To entertain her king She sings Scheherazade ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1126 "2025-11-21T02:01:34Z")
See the girl with cymbals on her fingers Entering through the door Ruby glistening from her navel Shimmering around the floor Bells on feet go ting a-ling a-linging Going through my head Sweat is falling just-a-like-a tear drops Running from her head ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1127 "2025-11-22T16:56:40Z")
My heart Is cryin’, cryin’ Lonely teardrops My pillows never dry of Lonely teardrops Come home, come home Just say you will, say you will (say you will) Say you will (say you will) Hey, Hey (say you will) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1128 "2025-11-22T18:28:47Z")
He’ll never love you, the way that I love you ‘Cause if he did, no no, he wouldn’t make you cry He might be thrillin’ baby but a-my love (My love, my love) So dog-gone willin’, so kiss him (I wanna see you kiss him, wanna see you kiss him) Go on and kiss him goodbye, now Na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye ---
**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:** [November 22, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1129 "2025-11-22T20:03:30Z")
He don’t love you like I love you ‘Cause if he did, he wouldn’t break your heart He don’t love you like I love you He’s tryin’ to tear us apart ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1130 "2025-11-23T03:28:33Z")
You know, she came to see him one last time (ooh) Ah, and we all wondered if she would (ooh) And it kept runnin’ through my mind (ooh) “This time he’s over her for good” He stopped loving her today They placed a wreath upon his door And soon they’ll carry him away He stopped loving her today ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1131 "2025-11-23T03:38:08Z")
Love, it seems like only yesterday You were just a child at play Now you’re all grown up inside of me Oh, how fast those moments flee Once we watched a lazy world go by Now the days seem to fly Life is brief, but when it’s gone Love goes on and on ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1132 "2025-11-23T05:30:46Z")
Here’s the hitch Your horse is leaving Don’t miss the boat It’s leaving now And as you go I will spread my wings Yes I will call this home I have no time to justify to you Fool you’re blind, move aside from me All I can say to you my new neighbor Is you must move on or I will bury you ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1133 "2025-11-24T03:14:24Z")
I’ve been movin’ I’ve been movin’ Down a dusty road along a railroad line In the spring, fall, winter, and the summertime ‘Cross the river and a creek and the mountain peak In the alley and the valley every day of the week I’ve been movin’ I’ve been movin’ ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1134 "2025-11-24T03:27:38Z")
Ah but workin’ too hard can give you a heart attack Ack-ack-ack-ack-ack You oughta know by now (You oughta know by now) Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money? And it seems such a waste of time If that’s what it’s all about Mama, if that’s movin’ up then I’m movin’ out I’m movin’ out, mm mm Ooh-ooh, uh-huh, mm ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1135 "2025-11-24T03:36:47Z")
Wasting my time Resting my mind And I’ll never pine For the sad days and the bad days When we was workin’ from nine to five ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1136 "2025-11-24T03:41:14Z")
Wasted days and wasted nights I have left for you behind For you don’t belong to me Your heart belongs to someone else Why should I keep loving you When I know that you’re not true? And why should I call your name When you’re to blame For making me blue? ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1137 "2025-11-24T03:50:15Z")
You belong to my heart Now and forever And our love had its start Not long ago We were gathering stars While a million guitars Played our love song When I said “I love you” Every beat of my heart Said it, too ---
**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:** [November 24, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1138 "2025-11-24T21:28:42Z")
Whatever we deny or embrace For worse or for better We belong, we belong We belong together (we belong) We belong to the light We belong to the thunder ---
**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:** [November 24, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1139 "2025-11-24T22:22:02Z")
When you hear the sound of thunder Don’t you get too scared Just grab your thunder buddy And say these magic words ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1140 "2025-11-25T02:02:22Z")
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