# 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:** 99
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1961 "2026-06-14T16:08:32Z")
Well, I was born one morning, when the sun didn’t shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal And the straw boss hollered, ‘Well, bless my soul’ You load sixteen tons and what do get? You get another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don’t you call me cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store ---
**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 14, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1962 "2026-06-14T16:30:56Z")
Stretching that fence all day long Post-hole diggers and a come-along Sweatin’ out a livin’ in the Texas heat My money’s runnin’ thin and life ain’t cheap And this hard work ain’t cuttin’ it lately Repo man callin’ all the time This honest wage ain’t savin’ us baby So I’m setting up shop where the sun don’t shine ---
**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 14, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1963 "2026-06-14T20:54:23Z")
Worked construction for a while in St. Louis I was helping build a great big new motel It rained so much, I couldn’t make the payments I sold my car, it didn’t run too well Got a job at making stovepipes in Ohio But it rained so much, I moved along again It never seemed to rain when you were with me Or I just didn’t notice rain back then ---
**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:** [June 14, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1964 "2026-06-14T20:58:40Z")
Out of work, I’m out of my head Out of self respect, I’m out of bread I’m underloved, I’m underfed I wanna go home It never rains in California But girl, don’t they warn ya? It pours, man, it pours ---
**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 14, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1965 "2026-06-14T21:08:47Z")
God didn’t make those little green apples It don’t rain in Indianapolis in the summer time And there’s no such thing as Dr. Seuss, or Disneyland or Mother Goose or nursery rhymes ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1966 "2026-06-14T22:42:09Z")
Indiana wants me Lord, I can’t go back there Indiana wants me Lord, I can’t go back there I wish I had you to talk 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:** [June 15, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1967 "2026-06-15T01:36:21Z")
Back home again in Indiana And it seems that I can see That gleaming candlelight still shining bright Through the sycamores for me That new-mown hay sends all its fragrance From the fields I used to roam When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash Then I long for my Indiana home ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1968 "2026-06-16T21:07:05Z")
I can feel the morning sunlight I can smell the new-mown hay I can hear God’s voice is calling On my golden skylight way Una paloma blanca I’m just a bird in the sky Una paloma blanca Over the mountains, I fly No one can take my freedom away ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1969 "2026-06-16T21:23:12Z")
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 elephant’s eye And it looks like it’s climbing clear up to the sky ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1970 "2026-06-16T21:41:29Z")
And I need time no more (tomorrow) When you can’t cry no more (tomorrow) And a love died before (tomorrow) Look behind no more (tomorrow) It’s just another fine day, recall Don’t follow me down, no more As we rise we form A new gold dawn 'Omet! To light ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1971 "2026-06-17T02:16:26Z")
When your day is long And the night, the night is yours alone When you’re sure you’ve had enough Of this life, well hang on Don’t let yourself go 'Cause everybody cries Everybody hurts sometimes ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1972 "2026-06-17T02:42:43Z")
It’s been a hard day’s night And I’ve been working like a dog It’s been a hard day’s night I should be sleeping like a log But when I get home to you I find the things that you do Will make me feel all right ---
**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 17, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1973 "2026-06-17T11:36:55Z")
I been drinkin’ muddy water, sleepin’ in a hollow log I been drinkin’ muddy water, sleepin’ in a hollow log Lord if I can’t be your kinman, I ain’t gonna be your dog ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1974 "2026-06-17T14:53:51Z")
Yeah, down by the river Down by the banks of the river Charles Oh, that’s what’s happenin’, baby That’s where you’ll find me Along with lovers, muggers, and thieves Oh, but they’re cool people Well, I love that dirty water Oh, Boston, you’re my home ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1975 "2026-06-17T15:29:38Z")
I’ve seen the bright lights of Memphis And the Commodore Hotel And underneath a street lamp, I met a southern belle Oh, she took me to the river, where she cast her spell And in that southern moonlight, she sang this song so well ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1976 "2026-06-17T16:18:24Z")
Seen the lights go out on broadway I saw the Empire State laid low And life went on beyond the Palisades They all bought Cadillacs And left there long ago They held a concert out in Brooklyn To watch the island bridges blow They turned our power down And drove us underground But we went right on with the show ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1977 "2026-06-17T16:21:11Z")
And the lamb lies down on Broadway. Early morning Manhattan, Ocean winds blow on the land. Movie-Palace is now undone, The all-night watchmen have had their fun. Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show, It’s the same old ending - time to go. Get out! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1978 "2026-06-17T21:06:30Z")
It was an early morning yesterday I was up before the dawn And I really have enjoyed my stay But I must be moving on ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1979 "2026-06-17T21:33:44Z")
Oh, I want to see you soon But I wonder how. It was a new day yesterday, But it’s an old day now. ---
**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 17, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-fire-and-i-ve-seen-rain-3/1020396/1980 "2026-06-17T21:58:22Z")
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