# 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:** 80
**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 20, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1581 "2026-03-20T16:23:12Z")
I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood Hills With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills Man came by to hook up my cable TV We settled in for the night, my baby and me We switched round and round till half-past dawn There was fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on Fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on Fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1582 "2026-03-20T16:40:09Z")
I know I feel a change is happening Something good will happen I feel love is coming on strong, and I want it We can make it happen I want the world to change for me Gotta get away, away from Z Living on the edge of Z Getting nothing but static (static) Getting nothing but static (static) Static in my attic from Channel Z ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1583 "2026-03-20T17:25:53Z")
Me and all my friends We’re all misunderstood They say we stand for nothing and There’s no way we ever could Now we see everything that’s going wrong With the world and those who lead it We just feel like we don’t have the means To rise above and beat it So we keep waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1584 "2026-03-20T18:23:56Z")
So if you’re tired of the same old story Oh baby, turn some pages I will be here when you are ready To roll with the changes, baby Roll with the changes Ah, you know you know you know you got to ---
**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:** [March 20, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1585 "2026-03-20T20:13:57Z")
I’ve been thinking about our fortune And I’ve decided that we’re really not to blame For the love that’s deep inside us now, is still the same And the sound we make together Is the music to the story in your eyes It’s been shining down upon you now, I realize Listen to the tide slowly turning Wash all our heartaches away We are part of the fire that is burning And from the ashes we can build another 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:** [March 22, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1586 "2026-03-22T21:23:52Z")
First the tide rushes in Plants a kiss on the shore Then rolls out to sea And the sea is very still once more So, I’ll rush to your side Like the oncoming tide With one burning thought Will your arms open wide ---
**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 23, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1587 "2026-03-23T21:58:47Z")
I have watched you on the shore Standing by the ocean’s roar Do you love me, do you, surfer girl? Surfer girl, surfer girl We could ride the surf together While our love would grow In my Woody, I would take you Everywhere I go ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1588 "2026-03-24T05:17:14Z")
Let’s swim to the moon, uh huh Let’s climb through the tide Penetrate the evenin’ that the City sleeps to hide Let’s swim out tonight, love It’s our turn to try Parked beside the ocean On our moonlight drive ---
**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 24, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1589 "2026-03-24T10:52:21Z")
The sound of strangers sending nothing to my mind Just another mad, mad day on the road I am just living to be lying by your side But I’m just about a moonlight mile on down the road ---
**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:** [March 24, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1590 "2026-03-24T14:07:51Z")
It’s just a state of mind, freedom and time has got me frozen up inside I wanna recognise under this moonlight that God is on my side With senses running wild we touched the sky, it looks like Heaven in my eyes Moonlight medicine keeps me alive, don’t let your senses be denied ---
**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 24, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1591 "2026-03-24T21:44:53Z")
I’ll take you on a trip beside the ocean And drop the top at Chesapeake Bay Ain’t nothing like the sky to dose a potion The moon’ll send you on your way Moonlight Feels right Moonlight Feels right ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1592 "2026-03-25T02:08:27Z")
Ain’t no lion or tiger, ain’t no mamba snake Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake Ev’rybody is as happy as a man can be Climb aboard, little wog, sail away with me Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1593 "2026-04-08T03:37:50Z")
If there’s one thing in my life that’s missing It’s the time that I spend alone Sailing on the cool and bright clear water There’s lots of those friendly people They’re showing me ways to go But I never want to lose their inspiration ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1594 "2026-04-08T04:23:15Z")
All day I’ve faced a barren waste Without the taste of water, cool water Old Dan and I with throats burned dry And souls that cry for water Cool, clear, water ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1595 "2026-04-08T14:01:00Z")
The earth is sucked bare by the sun The empty clouded sky The dazzling drone of pure heat rings alone Seeing tears flash dry On a sailing boat out to sea Their mouths have all been parched The … of land drags the life from their glands February and March From a year without rain ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1596 "2026-04-08T16:48:27Z")
Water of love deep in the ground But there ain’t no water here to be found Some day baby when the river runs free It’s gonna carry that water of love to me ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1597 "2026-04-08T18:08:31Z")
The water is wide, I cannot cross over And neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I ---
**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:** [April 8, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1598 "2026-04-08T18:45:56Z")
Standing On the edge of the quay No light flashes on the water for me Fog in my mind darkens in my eyes Silently streaming for a distant sound Ripple river yellows Rising for a breath of breeding and drowns Stillness overcomes me in the night Listen to the rising water moan ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1599 "2026-04-08T19:11:24Z")
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain Telling me just what a fool I’ve been I wish that it would go away and let me cry in vain And let me be alone again The only girl I care about has gone away Looking for a brand-new start But little does she know that when she left that day Along with her she took my heart ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1600 "2026-04-08T19:16:55Z")
I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain… I’ve seen sunny days I thought would never end… I seen lonely times when I could not find a friend… But I always thought I’d see you again. (He he ♥) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=81)