# 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:** 72
**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 20, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1421 "2026-01-20T02:48:53Z")
An old man turned ninety-eight He won the lottery and died the next day It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late And isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think? ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1422 "2026-01-20T03:01:31Z")
Oh, mama, I’ve been fearing for my life from the long arm of the law Lawman has put an end to my running, and I’m so far from my home Oh, mama, I can hear you a-cryin’, you’re so scared and all alone Hangman is coming down from the gallows, and I don’t have very long ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1423 "2026-01-20T04:31:48Z")
Running around robbing banks All whacked off of Scooby Snacks Running around robbing banks All whacked off of Scooby Snacks ---
**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 20, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1424 "2026-01-20T12:53:52Z")
Well, I’m a wanted man in Texas Busted jail and I’m gone for good Yes, I’m a wanted man in Texas Busted jail and I’m gone for good Well, well, the sheriff couldn’t catch me But his little girl sure wished she would ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1425 "2026-01-20T15:12:11Z")
And I’m hiding in Honduras I’m a desperate man. Send lawyers, guns, and money The shit has hit the fan ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1426 "2026-01-20T15:16:28Z")
While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place The bag ladies throw their bones in my face I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound I don’t want to hear it but he won’t turn it down Life is tough but it’s just enough To hold back the tears until it’s closing time ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1427 "2026-01-20T15:46:47Z")
Hello, my old friend It’s good to see you smiling You’ve been around so long, you must be strong And single life really has its fine points Like friends to help you out when things go wrong Hold back the tears That you’ve been cryin’ Push off the fears When they come around ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1428 "2026-01-20T18:06:06Z")
I like to see you, but then again That doesn’t mean you mean that much to me So if I call you, don’t make a fuss Don’t tell your friends about the two of us I’m not in love, no, no (It’s because) Be quiet, big boys don’t cry Big boys don’t cry Big boys don’t cry Big boys don’t cry Big boys don’t cry Big boys don’t cry… ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1429 "2026-01-20T18:12:43Z")
I’ve long since retired; my son’s moved away I called him up just the other day I said, “I’d like to see you, if you don’t mind” He said, "I’d love to, Dad, if I could find the time "You see, my new job’s a hassle and the kids have the flu "But it’s sure nice talking to you, Dad “It’s been sure nice talking to you” And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me: He’d grown up just like me My boy was just like me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1430 "2026-01-21T04:29:22Z")
Hey, I just met you And this is crazy But here’s my number So call me, maybe? It’s hard to look right At you baby But here’s my number So call me, maybe? ---
**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 21, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1431 "2026-01-21T23:56:46Z")
She undressed me with her eyes and somehow, I couldn’t speak Put her hand on my thigh, felt like a hundred degrees Said I needed the bathroom; now we’re up in her bedroom With her lips on my neck; I know I probably shouldn’t But it feels so good, I wanna die! With her hands in my hair, oh, I love the way she touches I’m a mess; I don’t care, and I kinda fucking love it, boy You should’ve known I’d have a better time with her Ooh, thank God you introduced me to your sister ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1432 "2026-01-22T03:33:26Z")
Well, I dated your big sister And I took her to a show I went for some candy Along came Jim Dandy And they snuck right out the door Little sister, don’t you Little sister, don’t you Little sister, don’t you kiss me once or twice Then say it’s very nice And then you run Little sister, don’t you do what your big sister done ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1433 "2026-01-22T16:00:35Z")
On Friday night she′s all decked out Her high heel shoes, her dress so tight Dance, dance little sister, dance ---
**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 22, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1434 "2026-01-22T21:08:55Z")
Your sister can’t twist But she can rock’n’roll ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1435 "2026-01-23T02:10:36Z")
Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, go sister Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, go sister He met Marmalade down in Old New Orleans Struttin’ her stuff on the street She said, “Hello, hey Joe You wanna give it a go? Hm!” ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1436 "2026-01-23T02:40:27Z")
Well, way down yonder in New Orleans In the land of the dreamy scenes Ah, there’s a Garden of Eden Ah, you know what I mean Yeah, Creole babies with flashin’ eyes Softly whisper with tender sighs ---
**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 23, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1437 "2026-01-23T06:23:37Z")
She walks every day through the streets of New Orleans She is innocent and young, from a family of means I have stood many times outside her window at night To struggle with my instincts in the pale moonlight How could I be this way, when I pray to God above? I must love what I destroy; destroy the thing I love Oh, you’ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there’s a moon over Bourbon Street ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1438 "2026-01-24T03:34:27Z")
New Orleans - the other planet With other life upon it And everythin’ that’s shakin’ in between If you should ever land upon it You better know what’s on it The planet of New Orleans ---
**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 24, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1439 "2026-01-24T16:19:58Z")
Girl you’ve got that Texas two-step stepping so damn fine Might be the moonshine that we’re shooting Or the groove making you move But I gotta say I love the way You’re shaking in shake shakin’ in them boots ---
**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 24, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1440 "2026-01-24T16:37:49Z")
That’s right, you’re not from Texas That’s right, you’re not from Texas That’s right, you’re not from Texas Texas wants you anyway [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=73)