# 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:** 76
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1501 "2026-03-03T19:54:53Z")
Fingers weave quick minarets Speak in secret alphabets I light another cigarette Learn to forget Learn to forget Learn to forget Learn to forget ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1502 "2026-03-03T20:34:50Z")
There’s a hole in this world, like a great black pit And it’s filled with people who are filled with shit And the vermin of the world inhabit it And it goes by the name of London ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1503 "2026-03-04T23:59:55Z")
England swings like a pendulum do ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1504 "2026-03-05T00:08:34Z")
Swingline throughout the backyards of the midwest Lean back, baby, in your seat on the train Look through the window pane Look at that kid over there with no underwear And a silly dog who doesn’t care His mother stretches to reach the clothes line While a mean neighbor leans on the population sign ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1505 "2026-03-05T00:59:07Z")
I just really miss your face Though, by now, I must disgust you I had tried to be the stubbornest mule ′Cause I knew life was cruel So I guess I was foolish to trust you But I wait here just in case Though I know I′m being senseless How could I have ever been so naive And wear my heart on my sleeve When I knew it would leave me defenseless? And if the world was perfect, you would be here in my embrace But since the world denied me one last kiss I’ll just miss your stupid face Doo-doo-doo-doo ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1506 "2026-03-05T03:12:38Z")
I won’t ask for promises So you won’t have to lie We’ve both played this game before Say I love you Say goodbye I’m not talking ‘bout movin’ in And I don’t want to change your life But there’s a warm wind blowing the stars around And I’d really love to see you tonight ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1507 "2026-03-05T09:29:58Z")
“Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight I saw you, and the world went away Tonight, tonight, there’s only you tonight What you are, what you do, what you say” “Today, all day, I had the feeling A miracle would happen I know now, I was right” “For here you are And what was just a world is a star Tonight” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1508 "2026-03-05T13:31:48Z")
Little girl, it’s a great big world But there’s only one of me You can’t touch 'cause I cost too much but Tonight, I’m gonna rock you Tonight, I’m gonna rock you Tonight ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1509 "2026-03-05T15:41:23Z")
Mr. Big Stuff Who do you think you are Mr. Big Stuff You’re never gonna get my love Now because you wear all those fancy clothes (oh yeah) And have a big fine car, oh yes, you do now Do you think I can afford to give you my love (oh yeah) You think you’re higher than every star above ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1510 "2026-03-05T15:46:48Z")
You’re a rich girl, and you’ve gone too far 'Cause you know it don’t matter anyway You can rely on the old man’s money You can rely on the old man’s money It’s a bitch, girl, but it’s gone too far 'Cause you know it don’t matter anyway Say money but it won’t get you too far Get you too far ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1511 "2026-03-05T16:42:57Z")
Once upon a time you dressed so fine Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you? People call, say “Beware, doll, you’re bound to fall” You thought they were all a-kiddin’ you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin’ out Now you don’t talk so loud Now you don’t seem so proud About having to be scrounging your next meal How does it feel? How does it feel To be without a home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1512 "2026-03-05T18:46:55Z")
It was the third of September That day I’ll always remember, yes I will Cuz that was the day that my daddy died I never got the chance to see him Never heard nothing but bad things about him Mama, I’m depending on you to tell me the truth And Mama just looked at me and said, “Son… Papa was a rolling stone Wherever he laid his hat was his home And when he died, all he left is was alone” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1513 "2026-03-06T06:26:12Z")
Was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin’ cotton and my brother was balin’ hay And at dinnertime we stopped and walked back to the house to eat And Mama hollered out the back door y’all remember to wipe your feet And then she said I got some news this mornin’ from Choctaw Ridge Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1514 "2026-03-06T23:32:20Z")
You ask how much I need you, must I explain? I need you, oh, my darling, like roses need rain You ask how long I’ll love you, I’ll tell you true Until the 12th of never, I’ll still be loving 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:** [March 6, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1515 "2026-03-06T23:50:15Z")
Remember in times gone by, promises we both made? What are the reasons why nothing stays the same? There were the nights holding you close Somehow, I’ll try to forget them As soon as my heart stops breaking Anticipating As soon as forever is through, I’ll be over you ---
**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:** [March 7, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1516 "2026-03-07T18:30:51Z")
Don’t you forget about me I’ll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby Going to take us apart I’ll put us back together at heart, baby ---
**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:** [March 7, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1517 "2026-03-07T23:47:03Z")
Messages keep getting clearer Radio’s on, and I’m moving round my place I check my look in the mirror Wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face And I ain’t getting nowhere I’m just living in a dump like this There’s something happening somewhere Baby, I just know that there is You can’t start a fire, you can’t start a fire without a spark This gun’s for hire, even if we’re just dancing in the dark ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1518 "2026-03-08T00:08:21Z")
We dress like students, we dress like housewives Or in a suit and a tie I changed my hairstyle so many times now I don’t know what I look like ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1519 "2026-03-08T00:26:13Z")
I imagine his wife, she don’t look nothing like a fool She picks her kids up from some private school She remembers what he told her He was late at work too long But there’s more than a suspicion in this lingering cologne And the kids just won’t be quiet as she runs a traffic light And she drives into the night ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1520 "2026-03-08T01:54:28Z")
She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles That weren’t there yesterday And thinks of the young man that she almost married What would he think if he saw her this way? She picks up her apron in little girl-fashion As something comes into her mind Slowly starts dancing remembering her girlhood And all of the boys she had waiting in line [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=77)