# 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:** 68
**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:** [January 5, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1341 "2026-01-05T18:20:39Z")
When I die, want you to dress me in straight-lace shoes Box-back coat and a Stetson hat Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain So the boys’ll know that I died standin’ pat ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1342 "2026-01-05T23:02:54Z")
And when I die and when I’m dead, dead and gone There’ll be one child born In our world to carry on, to carry on, yeah, yeah ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1343 "2026-01-06T15:03:05Z")
Carry on, my wayward son There’ll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don’t you cry no more ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1344 "2026-01-06T16:17:28Z")
Oh, the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1345 "2026-01-06T17:34:17Z")
I’m just a poor Wayfaring Stranger… Travelling through this world below, There no sickness, no toil, no danger In that bright land for which I go… ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1346 "2026-01-06T21:41:40Z")
I wonder as I wander out under the sky ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1347 "2026-01-06T23:12:16Z")
Oh yeah I’m the type of guy that likes to roam around I’m never in one place I roam from town to town And when I find myself a-fallin’ for some girl I hop right into that car of mine and ride around the world 'Cause I’m a wanderer, yeah a wanderer ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1348 "2026-01-06T23:31:26Z")
Going down that long lonesome highway Bound for the mountains and the plains Sure ain’t nothing here gonna tie me And I got some friends I’d like to see One of these days I’m gonna settle down But till I do I won’t be hanging round ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1349 "2026-01-06T23:54:00Z")
Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad, hey hey hey, yeah Don’t wanna be treated this a way Going where the climate suits my clothes I’m going where the climate suits my clothes Going where the climate suits my clothes Don’t wanna be treated this a way ---
**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 7, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1350 "2026-01-07T01:16:08Z")
I want to find The Secret Path A bird delivered into my heart, so It’s not the end Not the kingdom come It is the journey that matters, the distant wanderer Call of the wild In me forever and ever and ever forever Wanderlust ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1351 "2026-01-07T03:56:53Z")
I love to go a-wandering Along the mountain track And as I go, I love to sing My knapsack on my back Val-deri, Val-dera Val-deri Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha Val-deri, Val-dera My knapsack on my back ---
**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 7, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1352 "2026-01-07T09:06:25Z")
I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls With vassals and serfs at my side And of all who assembled within those walls That I was their hope and their pride I had riches far too great to count And a high ancestral name - but… I also dreamt which pleased me most: That you loved me still the same ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1353 "2026-01-07T14:54:13Z")
I’ve walked through the Halls of Karma I shook hands with both the Devil and God They turned my eyes to the inside to see Where my energies have gone Yes I’ve run with both all through my life I’ve respected and reflected them both Yes the sympathy of God as he looked at my life The excitement of the Devil as we talked. So Lord have mercy Lord have mercy on my soul. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1354 "2026-01-07T16:46:28Z")
From German class: Mein Vater war ein Wandersman Und mir schtecks auch im Blut D’rum wandere ich froh, so lang ich kann Und schwenken meinen Hut ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1355 "2026-01-07T18:28:22Z")
From the Halls of Montezuma To the Shores of Tripoli We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land and sea ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1356 "2026-01-07T23:08:59Z")
Kick it … You wake up late for school, man you don’t want to go You ask you mom, please? but she still says, no You missed two classes, and no homework But your teacher preaches class like you’re some kind of jerk … You gotta fight for your right to party ---
**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 7, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1357 "2026-01-07T23:19:07Z")
He came dancing across the water With his galleons and guns Looking for the new world And the palace in the sun On the shore lay Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls In his halls, he often wandered With the secrets of the world He came dancing across the water Cortez, Cortez What a killer ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1358 "2026-01-07T23:23:47Z")
Gonna ride across the river, deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1359 "2026-01-08T10:47:09Z")
Gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by the riverside, down by the riverside. I ain’t gonna study war no more. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1360 "2026-01-08T14:48:39Z")
Be on my side, I’ll be on your side, baby There is no reason for you to hide It’s so hard for me staying here all alone When you could be taking me for a ride She could drag me Over the rainbow And send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=69)