# 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:** 66
**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:** [December 23, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1301 "2025-12-23T16:52:26Z")
You just call out my name And you know, wherever I am I’ll come runnin’ To see you again Winter, spring, summer or fall All you have to do is call And I’ll be there You’ve got a friend ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1302 "2025-12-23T22:08:33Z")
Good evening and welcome to Slaggers Featuring Denis O’Bell Come on Ringo, let’s hear it for Denis Good evening You know my name Look, look, look up the number You know my name That’s right, look up the number ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1303 "2025-12-24T00:32:53Z")
I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change I Killed the Tsar and his ministers, Anastasia screamed in vain I rode a tank, Held a general’s rank When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name Cause what’s puzzling you Is just the nature of my game Come on, come on, come on ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1304 "2025-12-26T01:18:17Z")
Many a tear has to fall But it’s all in the game All in the wonderful game That we know as love You have words with him And your future’s looking dim But these things your hearts can rise above ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1305 "2025-12-26T02:15:02Z")
Don’t know much about history Don’t know much biology Don’t know much about science book Don’t know much about the French I took (But I do know) But I do know that I love you And I know that if you loved me too What a wonderful, wonderful world this would be ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1306 "2025-12-26T03:05:26Z")
I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1307 "2025-12-26T06:29:44Z")
Then the teacher told me It had been a lot of fun Thanked me for his ticket And all that I had done Hey man, what’s the plan? What was that you said? Sun tanned, drink in hand Lying there in bed ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1308 "2025-12-26T22:37:02Z")
Young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him so badly, knows what she wants to be Inside her, there’s longing, this girl’s an open page Bookmarking, she’s so close now This girl is half his age Don’t stand, don’t stand so Don’t stand so close to me Don’t stand, don’t stand so Don’t stand so close to me ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1309 "2025-12-27T01:11:53Z")
She was too young to fall in love And I was too young to know ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1310 "2025-12-27T01:13:35Z")
She left her neighborhood, in which everyone was filthy rich She left her parents’ home and strayed with a vagabond who made Vows of love she’d never heard, and she believed his every word She left no forwarding address, just took her youth and happiness As with the boy she vanished in, the secret sweetness of their sin A young girl A young girl of sixteen Child of springtime, still green Lying here by the road ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1311 "2025-12-27T02:38:16Z")
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown Picks up the letter that’s lying there Standing alone at the top of the stairs She breaks down and cries to her husband "Daddy, our baby’s gone! "Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly? “How could she do this to me?” ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1312 "2025-12-27T14:22:56Z")
Runaway train never going back Wrong way on a one-way track Seems like I should be getting somewhere Somehow, I’m neither here nor there ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1313 "2025-12-27T15:36:56Z")
Ahh, you’ve gone to the finest schools, alright Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it Nobody’s ever taught you how to live out on the street And now you’re gonna have to get used to it You say you never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize He’s not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say do you want to make a deal? ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1314 "2025-12-27T15:48:41Z")
If you really want to melt down your mind Crank it up to straight double time If you really want to have you some fun Spit right down on everyone If you’ve got the strength to scream out “Hell Why?” The wheels of life are passing you by You might as well get juiced Might as well get juiced ---
**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:** [December 29, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1315 "2025-12-29T03:12:54Z")
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober? Let me alone, let me go home Let me go back to start over Ramblin’ around this dirty old town Singin’ for nickels and dimes Times getting tough, I ain’t got enough To buy a little bottle of wine ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1316 "2025-12-29T17:01:30Z")
I went up to this girl She said “hi, my name Sheena” I thought she’d be good to go with a little funky cold Medina, She said “i’d like a drink”, I said “ok, I’ll go get it” And then a couple of sips, she cold licked her lips and I knew that she was With it So I took her to my crib And everything went well as planned But when she got undressed it was big old mess Sheena was a man So I threw him out I don’t fool around with no Oscar Meyer wiener You must be sure that the girl is pure for the funky cold Medina ---
**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:** [December 29, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1317 "2025-12-29T17:11:49Z")
She says, “Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side” Said, “Hey honey, take a walk on the wild side” ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1318 "2025-12-31T23:06:42Z")
Well, I’d left home just a week before And I’d never, ever kissed a woman before But Lola smiled, took me by the hand She said, “Little boy, gonna make you a man” Well, I’m not the world’s most masculine man But I know what I am and I’m glad I’m a man And so is Lola ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1319 "2026-01-01T00:43:28Z")
Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go They’re ready to go now they got their surfboards And they’re going to the discotheque Au Go Go But she just couldn’t stay she had to break away Well New York City really has is all oh yeah, oh yeah Sheena is a punk rocker Sheena is a punk rocker Sheena is a punk rocker now ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1320 "2026-01-01T01:05:57Z")
Lying here in the darkness, I hear the sirens wail Somebody’s going to emergency, somebody’s going to jail If you find somebody to love in this world, you’d better hang on tooth and nail The wolf is always at the door In a New York minute, everything can change [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=67)