# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/101 "2025-07-10T19:56:54Z")
But I grew up quick and I grew up mean My fist got hard and my wits got keener Roam from town to town to hide my shame But I made me a vow to the moon and stars I’d search the honky tonks and bars And kill that man that gave me that awful name ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/102 "2025-07-10T20:01:37Z")
Don’t question why she needs to be so free She’ll tell you it’s the only way to be She just can’t be chained To a life where nothing’s gained And nothing’s lost, at such a cost Goodbye Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I’m gonna miss you ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/103 "2025-07-10T20:38:12Z")
I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her Any girl in the world could have easily known me better She said you’re strange but don’t change and I let her ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/104 "2025-07-11T00:58:00Z")
So goodbye, yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can’t plant me in your penthouse I’m going back to my plow Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny-backed toad Well, I’ve finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/105 "2025-07-11T01:01:11Z")
When I look back, boy I must have been green Bopping in the country, fishing in a stream Looking for an answer, trying to find a sign Until I saw your city lights, honey I was blind They said get back Honky Cat Better get back to the woods Well I quit those days, and my redneck ways, and I Oh the change is gonna do me good ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/106 "2025-07-11T03:36:53Z")
I laid a divorcee in New York City I had to put up some kind of a fight The lady then she covered me in roses She blew my nose and then she blew my mind It’s the honky tonk women That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/107 "2025-07-11T12:48:40Z")
I bought you mail order My plain wrapper baby Your skin is like vinyl The perfect companion You float in my new pool De luxe and delightful Inflatable doll My role is to serve you Disposable darling Can’t throw you away now Immortal and life size My breath is inside you I’ll dress you up daily And keep you till death sighs Inflatable doll Lover ungrateful I blew up your body But you blew my mind ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/108 "2025-07-11T12:51:54Z")
And now my life is different Since Sally came my way I wake up in the morning And have her on a tray She’s everything they say she was And I wear a permanent grin And I only have to worry In case my girl wears thin ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/109 "2025-07-11T14:25:11Z")
Mustang Sally, huh, huh, guess you better slow your mustang down Oh Lord, what I said now? Mustang Sally, now baby, oh Lord, guess you better slow your mustang down Huh oh yeaah You been running all over the town now Oh! I guess I’ll have to put your flat feet on the ground Huh, what I said now? Listen All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/110 "2025-07-11T14:56:31Z")
If I was in World War 2 they’d call me Spitfire If I was in World War 2 they’d call me Spitfire If I was in World War 2 they’d call me Spit-fire If I was in World War 2 they’d call me Spitfire Fire Fire Fire 'Cause you know that I can ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/111 "2025-07-11T15:33:05Z")
and johnny learned how to fly. Now they still call him johnny zero and all the pilots proudly say johnny got a zero. he got another zero. johnny got a zero. hooray. johnny zero is a hero, today ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/112 "2025-07-11T15:36:44Z")
Football, baseball, basket ball games Drinkin’ bear, kickin’ ass and takin’ down names With the top down, get-a-round, shootin’ the line Summer is here and Johnny’s feelin’ fine But Johnny can’t read Summer is over and he’s gone to seed Johnny can’t read He never learned nothin’ that he’ll ever need ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/113 "2025-07-11T16:40:03Z")
We’ve got trouble, that’s for sure We got millions unemployed Some kids can’t write Some kids can’t read Some kids are hungry Some overeat Our TV leader boldly speaks The words of Christ he tries to preach We need more power to hold the line The strength of darkness still abides Must be hell living in the world Living in the world like you Must be hell living in the world Suffering in the world like you ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/114 "2025-07-11T16:54:05Z")
Mothers of River City, heed that warning before it’s too late Watch for the tell-tale signs of corruption The minute your son leaves the house Does he re-buckle his knickerbockers below the knee? Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger? A dime novel hidden in the corn crib? Is he starting to memorise jokes from Cap’n Billy’s Whiz Bang? Are certain words creeping into his conversation Words like, like “swell”? And so’s your old man? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/115 "2025-07-11T17:51:16Z")
Don’t forget the Motor City. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/116 "2025-07-11T18:54:54Z")
He looked a lot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van Kept his gun in quiet seclusion, such a humble man The only survivor of the National People’s Gang Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone Panic in Detroit ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/117 "2025-07-11T19:06:20Z")
“Kathy,” I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh “Michigan seems like a dream to me now” It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw I’ve gone to look for America ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/118 "2025-07-11T20:21:25Z")
Reality stirred me My angel had heard me The prayer had been answered A reprieve has been granted The dream was now broken Thought rudely awoken Really safe and sound Asleep on the Greyhound One more red nightmare ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/119 "2025-07-11T20:55:13Z")
Here it is, another day, so dark and gloomy My situation’s real sadness goin’ through me Because my love is not here for my kiss All I have is thoughts of yesterdays bliss Images of you stay on my mind Anticipating and waiting for the clock to unwind Anxiety plays me as dusk turns to dawn But I could take the wait, it won’t be long ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/120 "2025-07-11T21:07:15Z")
But you’ll never be alone I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn Baby, I am right here I’ll hold you when things go wrong I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn Baby, I am right here [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=7)