# 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:** 98
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1941 "2026-06-10T15:45:53Z")
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song I just can’t remember who to send it to (This sounds somewhat familiar…) ---
**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 10, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1942 "2026-06-10T17:10:13Z")
That’s me in the corner That’s me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don’t know if I can do it Oh, no, I’ve said too much I haven’t said enough ---
**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 10, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1943 "2026-06-10T17:13:47Z")
You talk too much, you talk too much I can’t believe the things that you say every day If you keep on talking, baby You know you’re bound to drive me away ---
**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 10, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1944 "2026-06-10T19:31:14Z")
_Oh, no. No…_ I just really like your face You don’t have to look so happy I’m not really into love that you flaunt In some glittery font But if that’s what you want Make it snappy! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1945 "2026-06-11T01:18:34Z")
I like the way you clap your hands I like the way you love to dance I like the way you put your hands up in the air I like the way you shake your hair I like the way you like to touch I like the way you stare so much But most of all, yeah, most of all I like the way you move ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1946 "2026-06-11T01:52:28Z")
Shake your hair girl with your ponytail Takes me right back (When you were young) Throw your precious gifts into the air Watch them fall down (When you were young) Lift up your feet and put them on the ground You used to walk upon (When you were young) ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1947 "2026-06-11T02:05:33Z")
I stand and gaze upon your smile A deep reflection Held in my soul as a child To grow within the warmth of love Long forgotten Tears flood your eyes in a moment Dreamer, I became as one within you To lose you far away ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1948 "2026-06-11T02:15:53Z")
I was born in Lil’ Rock Had a childhood sweetheart We were always hand in hand I wore hightop shoes and shirt tails Suzy was in pig tails I know I loved her even then You know my papa disapproved it My mama boohooed it But I told them time and time again “Don’t you know I was made to love her Build my world all around her” Yah! Hey, hey, hey ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1949 "2026-06-11T05:02:50Z")
I was born my papa’s son When I hit the ground I was on the run I had one glad hand and the other behind You can have yours, just give me mine When the hound dog barking in the black of the night Stick my hand in my pocket, everything’s all right ---
**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 11, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1950 "2026-06-11T11:55:56Z")
Remember what we’ve said and done and felt about each other Oh, babe have mercy Don’t let the past remind us of what we are not now I am not dreaming I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are You make it hard [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9lembnHGIfU/maxresdefault.jpg "Crosby, Stills, & Nash--Suite: Judy Blue Eyes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lembnHGIfU) ---
**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 11, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1951 "2026-06-11T22:08:58Z")
I am he As you are he As you are me And we are all together See how they run like pigs from a gun See how they fly I’m crying ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1952 "2026-06-12T01:12:41Z")
Call out the instigators Because there’s something in the air We got to get together sooner or later Because the revolution’s here And you know it’s right ---
**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 12, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1953 "2026-06-12T03:20:48Z")
You say you’d change the Constitution; well, you know We all wanna change your head You tell me it’s the institution; well, you know You’d better free your mind instead Cuz if you carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1954 "2026-06-12T06:07:27Z")
I want to live I want to give I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold. It’s these expressions, I never give… That keep me searching for a heart of gold and I’m getting old… Zo! ---
**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 12, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1955 "2026-06-12T16:46:16Z")
George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand Said “Sam you’re a-lookin’ at a lonely, lonely man I’d trade all the gold that’s buried in this land For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jenny’s hand 'Cause a man needs a woman (mush, mush) To love him all the time (mush, mush) Remember Sam, a true love is (mush, mush) So hard to find (mush, mush) I’d build for my Jenny (mush, mush) A honeymoon home (mush, mush) Below that old white mountain (mush, mush) Just a little southeast of Nome” (mush, mush) ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1956 "2026-06-12T17:39:31Z")
On a seal skinned sled the huskies led through the ice and snow Where the northern lights in the dark cold nights guide you where to go In their natives land in their clan searching for a meal With harpoon in hand as they planned they got themselves a seal Polar bear run, midnight sun, arctic frost, what is lost It’s the story of Nanook - Nanook, Nanook of the north ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1957 "2026-06-12T17:56:28Z")
Well, the fur trapper stood there With his arms outstretched Across the frozen white wasteland Trying to figure out what he’s gonna do about his deflicted eyes And it was at that precise moment that he remembered an ancient Eskimo legend Wherein it is written and whatever it is that they write it on up there That if anything bad ever happens to your eyes As a result of some sort of conflict with anyone named Nanook The only way you can get it fixed up Is to go trudgin’ across the tundra, mile after mile Trudgin’ across the tundra Right down to the parish of Saint Alfonzo ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1958 "2026-06-12T20:51:51Z")
I had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell But I never did like it all that much And one day the ax just fell So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I happened to be employed Workin’ for a while on a fishin’ boat Right outside of Delacroix ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1959 "2026-06-14T12:33:55Z")
I left a good job in the city Workin’ for the man every night and day ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1960 "2026-06-14T14:22:26Z")
You got me working boss man, a workin’ around the clock, I want a little drink of whiskey, you sure won’t let me stop. Big boss man, can’t you hear me when I call? You ain’t so big, you just tall, that’s just about all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396.md?page=99)