# I've seen fire and I've seen rain 2 (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254 "2020-06-23T04:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 122
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2422 "2022-05-09T17:00:57Z")
Everybody loves me baby, what’s the matter with you? Tell me what did I do to upset you. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2423 "2022-05-09T20:09:52Z")
Woke up last night, half past four Fifty women knocking on my door Everybody’s trying to be my baby Everybody’s trying to be my baby Everybody’s trying to be my baby, now ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2424 "2022-05-09T20:16:13Z")
Well my temperature’s rising and my feet on the floor Crazy people knocking 'cause they’re wanting some more Let me in, baby, I don’t know what you got But you better take it easy, this place is hot ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2425 "2022-05-10T20:38:55Z")
Somebody’s knockin’ Should I let him in? Lord, it’s the devil Would you look at him? I’ve heard about him But I never dreamed He’d have blue eyes and blue jeans ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2426 "2022-05-10T23:10:42Z")
Please to meet you; hope you’ve guessed my name! What’s confusing you is just the nature of my game. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2427 "2022-05-10T23:12:55Z")
Here come the man with the look in his eye Fed on nothing but full of pride Look at them go, look at them kick Makes you wonder how the other half live Devil inside The devil inside Every single one of us The devil inside ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2428 "2022-05-11T03:14:33Z")
Not too skinny, she’s not too fat She’s a real humdinger and I like it like that Devil with the blue dress, blue dress on She’s the Devil with the blue dress on ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2429 "2022-05-11T04:05:03Z")
I don’t want her, you can have her She’s too fat for me. She’s too fat, she’s too fat, She’s too fat for me. _Too Fat Polka_ – Arthur Godfrey, believe it or not! _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2430 "2022-05-11T13:24:53Z")
Yes, your feet’s too big Don’t want you 'cause you feet’s too big Can’t use you 'cause you feet’s too big I really hate you 'cause your feet’s too big (Fats Waller, _Your Feet’s Too Big_.) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2431 "2022-05-11T14:26:52Z")
Other guys who meet her may not think she’s much to see I can’t begin to tell you what she always does to me Maybe it’s the clothes she wears Or the way she combs her hair Oh, that makes me want to tell her that I care ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2432 "2022-05-13T03:00:20Z")
After I kind of straighten my tie She has to borrow my comb One kiss then I continue again Walkin’ my baby back home ---
**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:** [May 13, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2433 "2022-05-13T19:35:13Z")
The way you wear your hat The way you sip your tea The memory of all that No, they can’t take that away from me ---
**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:** [May 13, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2434 "2022-05-13T20:44:55Z")
Now I lie in bed and think of her Sometimes I even weep Then I dream of her behind the wall of sleep ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2435 "2022-05-15T17:39:23Z")
All in all, You’re just another brick in the wall. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2436 "2022-05-15T19:07:35Z")
No matter what you do I will always be around Won’t you tell me what you’ve found girl ? Ooh girl, won’t you ? Knock down the old grey wall Be a part of it all. Nothing to say, nothing to see, nothing to do If you would give me all I would you give it to you. Nothing would be, nothing would be, nothing would be ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2437 "2022-05-15T22:28:25Z")
Call me Don’t be afraid, you can call me Maybe it’s late, but just call me Tell me, and I’ll be around ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2438 "2022-05-16T01:24:58Z")
Call me (Call me) on the line Call me, call me any, anytime Call me (Call me) I’ll arrive You can call me any day or night Call me ---
**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:** [May 16, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2439 "2022-05-16T03:58:32Z")
Well, now, some may call me Joe, Some may call me Moe, Just remember Speedo, He don’t never take it slow, Well, now, they often call me Speedo, But my real name is Mister Earl. _Speedo_ – The Cadillacs _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 16, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2440 "2022-05-16T14:47:50Z")
Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl (Duke, Duke) Duke of Earl (Duke, Duke) Duke of Earl ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2441 "2022-05-16T19:55:05Z")
Music knows it is and always will Be one of the things that life just won’t quit But here are some of music’s pioneers That time will not allow us to forget, no For there’s Basie, Miller, Satchmo And the king of all, Sir Duke And with a voice like Ella’s ringing out There’s no way the band can lose [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=123)