# 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:** 7
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/121 "2025-07-12T00:43:25Z")
It’s getting near dawn When lights close their tired eyes I’ll soon be with you, my love Give you my dawn surprise I’ll be with you, darling, soon I’ll be with you when the stars start falling I’ve been waiting so long To be where I’m going In the sunshine of your love ---
**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 12, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/122 "2025-07-12T01:44:54Z")
You know, she came to see him one last time Ah, and we all wondered if she would And it kept running through my mind “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:** ![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 12, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/123 "2025-07-12T01:54:11Z")
Even flow Thoughts arrive like butterflies Oh, he don’t know So he chases them away Someday yet he’ll begin his life again Whispering hands, carry him away Him away, him away Yeah! Woo Oh yeah yeah ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/124 "2025-07-12T02:46:32Z")
Carry me back to old Virginny There’s where the cotton and the corn and taters grow There’s where the birds warble sweet in the spring time There’s where the darky’s heart am longed to go ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/125 "2025-07-12T03:47:23Z")
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose Hell don’t care but Heaven knows I’m up in Indiana where the tall corn grows Mama say a prayer for your only son God, forgive him, all the wrong he’s done All he ever wanted is to have some fun And now he’s up in Indiana till his time is done ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/126 "2025-07-12T14:22:06Z")
Indiana wants me Lord, I can’t go back there Indiana wants me Lord, I can’t go back there I wish I had you To talk to ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/127 "2025-07-12T15:37:42Z")
Back home again in Indiana And it seems that I can see The gleaming candlelight, still burning bright Through the sycamores for me The new-mown hay sends all its fragrance Through the fields I used to roam When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash How I long for my Indiana home ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/128 "2025-07-12T18:45:39Z")
Back with my wife in Tennessee When one day she called to me “Virgil, quick, come see, There goes Robert E. Lee!” Now, I don’t mind chopping wood And I don’t care if the money’s no good You take what you need And you leave the rest But they should never Have taken the very best ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/129 "2025-07-12T20:38:51Z")
Walkin’ home from church on Sunday with the one ya love Just laughin’, talkin’, making future plans And when you see the folks ain’t lookin’ Well, you might steal a kiss or two While you’re sittin’ in the porch swing, holdin’ hands In my Tennessee mountain home Life is as peaceful as a baby’s sigh In my Tennessee mountain home Crickets are singing in the fields near by ---
**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 12, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/130 "2025-07-12T20:49:52Z")
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home 'Tis summer, the darkies are gay The corn top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom While the birds make music all the day The young folks roll on the little cabin floor All merry, all happy, and bright By 'n by hard times comes a-knocking at the door Then my old Kentucky home, good night ---
**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 12, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/131 "2025-07-12T20:52:31Z")
Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills Summer was a-coming-in but fast Lots of daffodils were showing off their stills Riding home together, I could almost hear them whisper: “Go on! Kiss her! Go on and kiss her!” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/132 "2025-07-12T21:39:27Z")
Ridin’ along in my calaboose Still tryin’ to get her belt aloose All the way home I held a grudge For the safety belt that wouldn’t budge Cruisin’ and playin’ the radio With no particular place to 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:** [July 12, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/133 "2025-07-12T23:43:52Z")
[You make my balls so blue](https://genius.com/11598523/Evan-todd-alice-lee-barrett-wilbert-weed-elle-mclemore-and-jon-eidson-blue/You-make-my-balls-so-blue), _[you hurt them badly](https://genius.com/27203715/Evan-todd-alice-lee-barrett-wilbert-weed-elle-mclemore-and-jon-eidson-blue/You-hurt-them-badly)_ [You make my balls so blue](https://genius.com/11598523/Evan-todd-alice-lee-barrett-wilbert-weed-elle-mclemore-and-jon-eidson-blue/You-make-my-balls-so-blue), _[they’re hangin’ sadly](https://genius.com/27203732/Evan-todd-alice-lee-barrett-wilbert-weed-elle-mclemore-and-jon-eidson-blue/Theyre-hangin-sadly)_ [What did they do to you](https://genius.com/32632654/Evan-todd-alice-lee-barrett-wilbert-weed-elle-mclemore-and-jon-eidson-blue/What-did-they-do-to-you) that you hate them so? _[Don’t run from me](https://genius.com/32632661/Evan-todd-alice-lee-barrett-wilbert-weed-elle-mclemore-and-jon-eidson-blue/Dont-run-from-me), they’re all beat up_ **[like a tacklin’ dummy](https://genius.com/11142583/Evan-todd-alice-lee-barrett-wilbert-weed-elle-mclemore-and-jon-eidson-blue/Like-a-tacklin-dummy)** ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/134 "2025-07-13T01:59:42Z")
Up in the morning till the rising sun Gonna run all day till the runnings done Ho Chi Minh is a sonofabitch Got the blue balls, crabs, and the seven-year itch ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/135 "2025-07-13T02:04:37Z")
Up in the morning watch the north wind rise Bringin’ fire down from the skies Hey, we got a long way to go So keep on lovin’ and make it slow We’re goin’ home Won’t be long Hearing my song That lovin’ you ain’t never done no wrong ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/136 "2025-07-13T13:14:12Z")
I love you, for sentimental reasons I hope you do believe me I’ve given you my heart I love you, and you alone will live for me Please give your loving heart to me And say we’ll never part ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/137 "2025-07-13T14:23:23Z")
Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you Tomorrow I’ll miss you Remember I’ll always be true And then while I’m away I’ll write home everyday And I’ll send all my loving to you ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/138 "2025-07-13T15:33:04Z")
She said, “I have to go home ‘Cause I’m real tired you see Now I hate sleepin’ alone Why don’t you come with me?” I said, “My baby’s at home She’s probably worried tonight I didn’t call on the phone To say that I’m alright” Diana walked up to me She said, “I’m all yours tonight” And then I ran to the phone Sayin’, “Baby I’m alright” I said, “But unlock the door” 'Cause I forgot the key She said, “He’s not coming back Because he’s sleeping with 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:** [July 13, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/139 "2025-07-13T15:48:03Z")
Your cheatin’ heart Will make you weep You’ll cry and cry And try to sleep But sleep won’t come The whole night through Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you… ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/140 "2025-07-13T15:54:39Z")
And he don’t know That I dug my key into the side Of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive Slashed my name into his leather seats Took a Louisville slugger to both headlights Slashed a hole in all four tires Maybe next time he’ll think before he cheats [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=8)