# 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:** 96
**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:** [May 31, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1901 "2026-05-31T13:52:00Z")
Another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody I got some money 'cause i just got paid How I wish I had someone to talk to I’m in an awful 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:** [May 31, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1902 "2026-05-31T14:32:24Z")
[Yay, I now get to attack the _other_ angle in this thread] * * * Things won’t change if we stay the same (If we stay the same) And yet I remain Lost my body, it’s floating in space I can’t find my place ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1903 "2026-06-02T15:46:31Z")
We can’t play this game anymore But can we still be friends? Things just can’t go on like before But can we still be friends? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1904 "2026-06-02T16:38:18Z")
Why can’t we be friends? Why can’t we be friends? Why can’t we be friends? Why can’t we be friends? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1905 "2026-06-02T18:48:51Z")
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness Like resignation to the end; always the end So when we found that we could not make sense Well, you said that we would still be friends But I’ll admit that I was glad that it was over ---
**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:** [June 2, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1906 "2026-06-02T21:02:43Z")
I got a girlfriend that’s better than this But you don’t remember at all As we get older and stop making sense You won’t find her waiting long Stop making sense, stop making sense Stop making sense, making sense I got a girlfriend, she’s better than that And nothing is better than this (is it?) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1907 "2026-06-03T15:09:11Z")
Take a look at my girlfriend, She’s the only one I got. Not much of a girlfriend, I never seem to get a lot. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1908 "2026-06-03T17:05:15Z")
Don’t you need to (oh) Get back in the arms of a good friend? Oh, 'cause, honey, believe me (oh) I’d sure love to call you my girlfriend ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1909 "2026-06-03T21:30:32Z")
If ever you’re in my arms again This time, I’ll love you much better If ever you’re in my arms again This time, I’ll hold you forever This time will never end (RIP, Peabo Bryson.) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1910 "2026-06-03T22:12:57Z")
Hold me, hold me And never let me go until you’ve told me, told me What I want to know and then just hold me, hold me Make me tell you I’m in love with you Thrill me (thrill me), thrill me (thrill me) Walk me down the lane where shadows Will be (will be) will be (will be) Hiding lovers just the same as we’ll be, we’ll be When you make me tell you I love 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:** [June 4, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1911 "2026-06-04T01:12:48Z")
I’ll put up no resistance I want to stay the distance I’ve got an itch to scratch I need assistance Touch-a touch-a touch-a touch me I wanna be dirty Thrill me, chill me, fulfill me Creature of the night ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1912 "2026-06-04T01:16:15Z")
C’mon, C’mon, C’mon, C’mon now Touch me, babe Can’t you see that I am not afraid What was that promise that you made? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1913 "2026-06-04T21:45:32Z")
And sometimes when we touch The honesty’s too much And I have to close my eyes and hide I wanna hold you til I die Til we both break down and cry I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1914 "2026-06-05T20:49:34Z")
Came the last night of sadness And it was clear she couldn’t go on And the door was open and the wind appeared The candles blew and then disappeared The curtains flew and then he appeared Come on, baby (And she had no fear) And she ran to him (Then they started to fly) They looked backward and said goodbye (She had become like they are) She had taken his hand (She had become like they are) Come on, baby (Don’t fear the Reaper) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1915 "2026-06-05T21:58:18Z")
One day while I was not at home While she was there, and all alone The angels came Now all I have is memories of honey And I wake up nights And call her name Now my life’s an empty stage Where honey lived, and honey played And love grew up And a small cloud passes over head And cries down on the flower bed that Honey loved ---
**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:** [June 5, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1916 "2026-06-05T22:09:38Z")
Yeah, she could drag me Over the rainbow, Send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river, Dead, oh, shot her dead ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1917 "2026-06-06T01:02:45Z")
Take me to the river Drop me in the water Take me to the river Dip me in the water Washing me down, washing me down ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1918 "2026-06-07T10:12:13Z")
I’m gonna lay down my sword and shield Down by the riverside I’m gonna lay down my sword and shield Down by the riverside I’m gonna study, study, war no more ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1919 "2026-06-07T14:54:48Z")
O, I can’t get to Heaven In a rockin’ chair Cause the Lord don’t know No ladies up there O, I can’t get to Heaven In a rockin’ chair Cause the Lord don’t know No ladies up there Ain’t a gonna grieve my Lord no more ---
**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:** [June 7, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1920 "2026-06-07T20:25:25Z")
Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more Hit the road Jack and don’t you come back no more What you say? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=97)