# 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:** 8
**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:** [July 13, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/141 "2025-07-13T16:27:41Z")
Creation’s gone crazy The TV’s gone mad Now you’re the only sane thing that I’ve had Always the last to know how you’re feeling The last to know where you are The last to know if you’re happy now Or if he’s cheated on you Like I cheated on you, oh You were the last to know You were the last to know Don’t let me be the last to know ---
**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, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/142 "2025-07-13T16:39:03Z")
Your boxes packed up on the bed Your words are in my head Telling me it will be okay I remember what you said Or was it just another lie? This place that used to be your home Will you call me on the phone Will I hear your voice in the middle of the night When I turn out the light? Or are you just another ghost? ---
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/143 "2025-07-13T16:40:50Z")
All he wanted was a toy All he needed was a bleeding heart To lead him through the dark Boy and the ghost Despero, solitas, debilis, desolo When there’s nowhere left to fall Nowhere to hide, his silence is hurting Inside it’s cold, sleep or die Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide His light went out ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/144 "2025-07-13T18:16:01Z")
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide from you baby Got nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide I know you’re no good for me, but you’ve become a part of me How can I fight a lover, that shouldn’t be, when it’s so deep So deep, deep inside of me My love reaches so high I can’t get over it It’s so wide I can’t get around it, no Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide from you baby Just can’t get away from you baby, no matter how I try to ---
**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, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/145 "2025-07-13T18:17:46Z")
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, Nothing worth doing that I haven’t tried. There ain’t no living on planet-side, Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/146 "2025-07-13T19:25:42Z")
Hold me closer, tiny dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets of linen You had to feel today’s the day ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/147 "2025-07-13T21:25:33Z")
Would you lay with me in a field of stone If my needs were strong, would you lay with me Should my lips grow dry, would you wet them dear In the midnight hour, if my lips were dry ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/148 "2025-07-14T00:30:01Z")
See the west wind move like a lover so Upon the fields of barley Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth Among the fields of gold I never made promises lightly And there have been some that I’ve broken But I swear in the days still left We’ll walk in fields of gold We’ll walk in fields of gold ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/149 "2025-07-14T00:51:21Z")
Westwind blow ye gentle Over the shores of yesterday My sun is brown and over Here within my heart they lay they lay Westwind with your wisdom Gather all the young for me Black cloud hanging over Nest your bosom strong and free ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/150 "2025-07-14T02:18:24Z")
Red the port light, starboard the green How will she know of the devils I’ve seen? Cross in the sky, star of the sea Under the moonlight There she can safely go round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/151 "2025-07-14T03:21:05Z")
Lower the curtain down on Memphis Lower the curtain down all right I got no time for private consultation Under the Milky Way 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:** [July 14, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/152 "2025-07-14T03:35:47Z")
As the stars start to align, I hope you take it as a sign That you’ll be okay, everything will be okay And when the seven rings collapse, although the day could be my last You will be okay; when I’m gone, you’ll be okay And when creation goes to die, you can find me in the sky Upon the last day; and you will be okay ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/153 "2025-07-14T11:43:51Z")
When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius Age of Aquarius Aquarius Aquarius ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/154 "2025-07-14T13:05:14Z")
Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night Told the first father that things weren’t right My complexion she said is much too white He said come here and step into the light he says hmm you’re right Let me tell the second mother this has been done But the second mother was with the seventh son And they were both out on Highway 61 ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/155 "2025-07-14T15:03:14Z")
Well, now everybody cryin’ 'bout the seventh son But in the whole round world there is only one And I’m the one, yes, I’m the one, I’m the one, I’m the one I’m the one they call the seventh son ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/156 "2025-07-14T15:11:47Z")
(wake up) Yeah, We are fallen Like the mourning sun Yeah, We are fallen Like the mourning sun We’ve fallen like rain I’ve been waiting for the day And the light has made I will rise again And our wings will unfold And be painted like gold And I saved my soul I’m alive again (mourning sun) I will rise again (like the morning sun) We will rise again (like the morning son) ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/157 "2025-07-14T15:49:55Z")
There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow, There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow, The corn is as high as an elephants eye, An’ it looks like it’s climbing clear up in the sky. Oh, what a beautiful mornin’, Oh, what a beautiful day. I got a beautiful feelin’ Ev’erything’s goin’ my way. ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/158 "2025-07-14T16:46:39Z")
Rise, let us see you, Dawning is the day, Miss, misty meadow, You will find your way, Wake up in the morning to yourself And leave this crazy life behind you. Listen, we’re trying to find you. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/159 "2025-07-14T17:23:46Z")
Dawn is a feeling A beautiful ceiling The smell of grass Just makes you pass Into a dream You’re here today No future fears This day will last A thousand years If you want it to ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/160 "2025-07-14T20:55:05Z")
I may be numberless, I may be innocent I may know many things, I may be ignorant Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times Reborn as fortune’s child to judge another’s crimes Or wear this pilgrim’s cloak, or be a common thief I’ve kept this single faith; I have but one belief I still love you I still want you [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=9)