# 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:** 77
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1521 "2026-03-08T03:55:33Z")
Mirror, mirror on the wall The face you’ve shown me scares me so I thought that I could call your bluff But now the lines are clear enough Life’s not pretty even though I’ve tried so hard to make it so Mornings are such cold distress How did I ever get into this mess ---
**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:** [March 8, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1522 "2026-03-08T15:41:09Z")
You don’t tug on Superman’s cape You don’t spit into the wind You don’t pull the mask off that old lone ranger And you don’t mess around with Jim ---
**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, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1523 "2026-03-08T16:58:41Z")
Next, must you execute this little wretch Pat yourself on the back, close the case? Let this imp take the blame Take the fame, let his name Light a fire in the hearts of his race? Why, it’s more than I can bear! I must make all of Hell aware - FUCK IT! _I_ am the Mastermind, the hand that pulls the strings! No simple imp of mine could master the disaster Oh, it stings that you thought you had caught the schemer Of the schemes _I_ wrought! I confess! It was me, and I have no regrets… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1524 "2026-03-08T18:31:44Z")
I’m sorry, so sorry That I was such a fool ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1525 "2026-03-08T21:34:03Z")
I’m sorry if I took some things for granted I’m sorry for the chains I put on you But more than anything else I’m sorry for myself For living without 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 8, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1526 "2026-03-08T22:57:37Z")
I can make the runner stumble I can make the final block And I can make every tackle at the sound of a whistle I can make all the stadiums rock I can make tonight forever Or I can make it disappear by the dawn And I can make you every promise that has ever been made I can make all your demons be gone But I’m never gonna make it without you Do you really wanna see me crawl? And I’m never gonna make it like you do Making love out of nothing at all ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1527 "2026-03-08T23:30:59Z")
I don’t have to go by plane I ain’t gotta go by car I don’t care just where my darling is People I just don’t care how far I’m gonna crawl ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1528 "2026-03-09T01:07:54Z")
You can jump on a speedy boat Climb a tree and swing rope to rope Get a sled and climb downslope Into these arms of mine ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1529 "2026-03-09T03:31:19Z")
You can climb a mountain You can swim the sea You can jump into the fire But you’ll never be free You can shake me up Or I can bring you 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:** [March 9, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1530 "2026-03-09T15:39:57Z")
I can fly like a bird in the sky Hey, and I can buy anything that money can buy Oh, I can turn a river into a raging fire I can live forever if I so desire Unimportant are all the things I can do 'Cause I can’t get next to 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 10, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1531 "2026-03-10T00:36:16Z")
Yeah She tears you down, darling Says you’re nothing at all (nothing at all) But I’ll pick you up, darling (pick you up when you fall, fall, fall) When she lets you fall You’re like a diamond (shining) But she treats you like glass Yet you beg her to love you But me you don’t ask ---
**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 10, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1532 "2026-03-10T00:41:09Z")
Diamonds are forever Sparkling around my little finger And like men, the diamonds linger Men are mere mortals who are not Worth going to your grave for ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1533 "2026-03-10T18:33:14Z")
Tiffany’s Cartier Black Starr Frost Gorham Talk to me Harry Winston Tell me all about it There may come a time When a lass needs a lawyer But diamonds are a girl’s best friend ---
**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 10, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1534 "2026-03-10T21:50:47Z")
I see you, the only one who knew me But now your eyes see through me I guess I was wrong So what now? It’s plain to see we’re over But I hate when things are over With so much that’s left undone And I say, "What about _Breakfast at Tiffany’s?"_ You say, "I think I remember the film and “As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it” And I say, “Well, that’s one thing we got” ---
**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 10, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1535 "2026-03-10T22:31:06Z")
They say our love won’t pay the rent Before it’s earned, our money’s all been spent I guess that’s so, we don’t have a plot But at least I’m sure of all the things we got ---
**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 11, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1536 "2026-03-11T00:47:08Z")
I gotcha Uh-huh, uh You thought I didn’t see you now, didn’t ya, uh Uh-huh, uh You tried to sneak by me now, didn’t ya? He-he-he-he Uh-huh, uh Now give me what you promised me, give it here Come on ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1537 "2026-03-11T01:00:21Z")
You were once my one companion You were all that mattered You were once a friend and father Then my world was shattered ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1538 "2026-03-11T01:11:32Z")
Don’t you know the crime rate’s going up, up, up, up, up (shadoobie, shattered) To live in this town, you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough, tough, tough (shadoobie, shattered, shadoobie, shattered, shattered) You got rats on the west side, bed bugs uptown (shadoobie, shattered) What a mess, this town’s in tatters, I’ve been shattered (shadoobie, shattered) My brain’s been battered, splattered all over Manhattan (shadoobie, shattered) Shadoobie, shattered, shattered Shadoobie, shattered Shadoobie, shattered Shadoobie, shattered ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1539 "2026-03-11T02:05:22Z")
(And soon you’ve got) Black helicopters comin’ cross the border Puppet masters for the New World Order Be aware: There’s always someone that’s watching you And still the government won’t admit they faked the whole moon landing Thought control rays, psychotronic scanning Don’t mind that, I’m protected cause I made this hat From aluminum foil (Foil) Wear a hat that’s foil lined In case an alien’s inclined To probe your butt or read your mind Looks a bit peculiar ('culiar) Seems a little crazy But someday I’ll prove (I’ll prove, I’ll prove, I’ll prove) There’s a big conspiracy ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1540 "2026-03-11T02:42:18Z")
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