# 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:** 73
**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 24, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1441 "2026-01-24T18:35:23Z")
Oh and if you die fearin’ God And painfully employed You will not go to heaven, You’ll go to Champaign, Illinois ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1442 "2026-01-25T17:15:05Z")
Mother told me always to follow the golden rule And she said it’s really a sin to be mean and cruel So remember if you’re untrue Angels up in heaven are looking at you You’ll never get to heaven if you break my heart so be very careful not to make us part You won’t get to heaven if you break my heart Oh no! ---
**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 25, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1443 "2026-01-25T18:47:10Z")
Ye watchers and ye holy ones, bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones, raise the glad strain, Alleluia! Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers, virtues, archangels, angels’ choirs: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! ---
**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 25, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1444 "2026-01-25T22:45:35Z")
O come, Desire of Nations, bind All peoples in one heart and mind Bid envy, strife, and quarrels cease Fill the whole world with Heaven’s peace Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1445 "2026-01-26T17:48:41Z")
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread sir So that every mouth can be fed Poor me Israelite My wife and my kids They packed up and leave me Darling, she said, I was yours to be seen Poor me Israelites Shirt them a-tear up, trousers is gone I don’t want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde (Poor me Israelites) poor me Israelites ---
**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 28, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1446 "2026-01-28T18:02:39Z")
I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green and pleasant land. ---
**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 28, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1447 "2026-01-28T18:56:33Z")
Out of play: That song always makes me laugh, because I think of Bashir and O’Brien singing it drink on _Deep Space Nine._ In play: Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please! In this corner, wearing white, from the City of the Big Shoulders, The number one contender, in a ten-round exhibition for your entertainment! So when the bell sounds, prepare yourselves for the main event! ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1448 "2026-01-29T17:21:23Z")
Meanwhile, far away in another part of town Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin’ around Number one contender for the middleweight crown Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down ---
**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 29, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1449 "2026-01-29T23:02:58Z")
Time for some action, just a fraction of friction I got the clearance to run the interference Into your satellite, shinin’ a battle light Swing out the gat, and I know that will gat ya right Here’s an example, just a little sample How I could just kill a 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:** [January 29, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1450 "2026-01-29T23:26:51Z")
You gotta fight for your right To PARTY! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1451 "2026-01-30T04:13:30Z")
Who’s to blame when parties really get out of hand? Who’s to blame when they get poorly planned? ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1452 "2026-01-30T04:22:17Z")
Judy and Johnny just walked through the door Like a king with his queen Oh, what a birthday surprise Judy’s wearing his ring! It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to Cry if I want to, cry if I want to You would cry too if it happened to 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:** [January 30, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1453 "2026-01-30T13:31:20Z")
First we’ll pick Priscilla up and then we’ll stop for Jane And Mary Ellen needs a ride, we’re goin’ by her place We’re goin’ to a party, our friends will all be there I got the directions, it’s across the river somewhere We rang the top floor, bottom buzzer Top floor, bottom buzzer Top floor, bottom buzzer The middle won’t work Ring the one under ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1454 "2026-01-30T14:26:11Z")
Well Billy slammed on his coaster brakes and said anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake It’s about a mile down on the dark side of route eighty-eight I got a bottle of rose so let’s try it We’ll pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe and I’ll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go They’re built like light ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1455 "2026-01-30T17:34:16Z")
Splashing through the sandbar Talking by the campfire It’s the simple things in life like when and where We didn’t have no internet But man, I never will forget The way the moonlight shined upon her hair And we were trying different things And we were smoking funny things Making love out by the lake to our favorite song ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1456 "2026-02-07T02:32:17Z")
Who wants to break the news about Uncle Joe? You remember Uncle Joe? He was the one afraid to cut the cake Who wants to tell poor Aunt Sarah? Joe’s run off to Fire Lake Joe’s run off to Fire Lake ---
**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:** [February 7, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1457 "2026-02-07T02:55:31Z")
Smoke! Smoke! Sign of the devil! Sign of the devil! City on fire! City on fire! _MISCHIEF! MISCHIEF!_ ---
**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:** [February 7, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1458 "2026-02-07T15:39:30Z")
Wearing her perfume, Chanel Number Five Got to be the finest girl alive Walks real cool catches everybody’s eye She got good lovin’, she can take it high Not too skinny and she’s not too fat She’s a real humdinger and I like it like that She is the Devil in the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress She is the Devil in the blue dress on ---
**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:** [February 7, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1459 "2026-02-07T16:53:24Z")
One fine night, they leave the pool hall Heading for the dance at the Arm’ry Libertine men and scarlet women, and ragtime, shameless music That’ll grab your son, your daughter with the arms of a jungle, animal instinct Mass-staria Friends, the idle brain is the devil’s playground ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1460 "2026-02-07T18:58:22Z")
They put a parking lot on a piece of land Where the supermarket used to stand Before that they put up a bowling alley On the site that used to be the local palais That’s where the big bands used to come and play My sister went there on a Saturday Come dancing All her boyfriends used to come and call [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=74)