# 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:** 124
**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 23, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2462 "2022-05-23T02:14:05Z")
Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you know the way it’s supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline, let us be Talkin’ 'bout very free and easy Horror grips us as we watch you die All we can do is echo your anguished cries Stare as all human feelings die We are leaving, you don’t need us ---
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2463 "2022-05-23T02:33:26Z")
Everybody listen to me And return me my ship I’m your captain, I’m your captain Though I’m feeling mighty sick I’ve been lost now for days uncounted And it’s months since I’ve seen home Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Or am I all alone? ---
**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 23, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2464 "2022-05-23T04:06:36Z")
_(playing off of ‘feeling’ in the prior lyric)_ See me, Feel me, Touch me, Heal me. _See Me, Feel Me_ – from the rock opera **‘Tommy’** by The Who _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![AzFavorite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@AzFavorite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzFavorite)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2465 "2022-05-23T06:45:54Z")
“And when I get that feeling i want sexual healing Sexual healing is good for me makesme feel so fine its such a rush helps to relieve the mind and its good for us” sexual healing by the great Marvin Gaye ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2466 "2022-05-23T14:07:30Z")
Like a virgin Oh, like a virgin Feels so good inside When you hold me And your heart beats And you love me ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2467 "2022-05-24T02:42:59Z")
Well, my heart beat like a hammer My eyes plumb full of tears Yes, my heart beat like a hammer My eyes plumb full of tears She’s been gone about an hour But it seems like a thousand years ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2468 "2022-05-24T02:45:54Z")
There’s a hammer in my heart Pounding out your name There’s a hammer in my heart Here it comes again I hear a certain sound And it just won’t go away It sends a message out What’s it gonna be today? It wakes me up at dawn And as the day goes on I try to turn it off But the beat goes on _“Hammer in My Heart,” Utopia_ ---
**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:** [May 24, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2469 "2022-05-24T03:02:58Z")
Well, I’ve got a hammer And I’ve got a bell And I’ve got a song to sing All over this land It’s the hammer of justice It’s the bell of freedom It’s a song about love between My brothers and my sisters All over this land ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2470 "2022-05-24T04:20:19Z")
And then the man he steps right up to the microphone And says at last just as the time bell rings “Goodnight, now it’s time to go home” Then he makes it fast with one more thing _Sultans of Swing_ – Dire Straits _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2471 "2022-05-24T15:09:25Z")
When the shows were over We had to get back home And when we opened up the door I had to be alone ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2472 "2022-05-24T15:10:58Z")
All alone, I’m so all alone There is no one else, but you All alone, by the telephone Waiting for a ring-a-ting-a-ling I’m all alone, every evening All alone, feeling blue ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2473 "2022-05-24T15:13:00Z")
Hey, baby, I’m your telephone man You just show me where you want it And I’ll put it where I can I can put it in the bedroom I can put it in the hall I can put it in the bathroom I can hang it on the wall ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2474 "2022-05-24T15:20:05Z")
I’m in the phone booth, it’s the one across the hall If you don’t answer, I’ll just ring it off the wall I know he’s there, but I just had to call Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2475 "2022-05-25T04:14:04Z")
I just called to say I love you, I just called to say how much I care. I just called to say I love you, And I mean it from the bottom of my heart. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 25, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2476 "2022-05-25T15:33:18Z")
Hello, how are you? Have you been alright Through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights? That’s what I’d say, I’d tell you everything If you’d pick up that telephone Yeah, yeah, yeah ---
**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 25, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2477 "2022-05-25T16:59:24Z")
Sylvia’s mother says Sylvia’s busy Too busy to come to the phone Sylvia’s mother says Sylvia’s trying To start a new life of her own Sylvia’s mother says Sylvia’s happy So why don’t you leave her alone? And the operator says forty cents more For the next three minutes ---
**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 25, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2478 "2022-05-25T18:04:16Z")
Who is Sylvia? What is she that all our swains commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she; The heaven such grace did lend her that she might admirèd be. ---
**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 25, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2479 "2022-05-25T19:53:58Z")
I saw you, sir, taking a look at her, As she went strolling by. Now didn’t your heart go boom-de-boom-de-boom, And didn’t you stop and sigh? ---
**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 25, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2480 "2022-05-25T20:19:20Z")
Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street From my window, I’m staring while my coffee goes cold Look over there (Where?) There, there’s a lady that I used to know She’s married now or engaged or something, so I’m told ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2481 "2022-05-26T17:15:55Z")
Then along come somebody not suspectin’ nothin’ Harry jump out of the bushes all of a sudden Beat on his chest, jump up and down and he say “Woo hoo hee hee hoo hoo” Which is Harry ape talk for “Boo, I betcha I scared you, ha ha” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=125)