# 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:** 128
**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, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2542 "2022-06-14T15:03:19Z")
Stand back, said stand back! Can’t you see I’ve lost control I’m getting indiscreet You’re moving in so close 'til I’m picking up Picking up this heat, this heat ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2543 "2022-06-14T15:08:17Z")
Stand back, stand back In the middle of my room, I did not hear from you It’s alright, it’s alright To be standing in a line To be standing in a line I would cry ---
**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 14, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2544 "2022-06-14T22:34:46Z")
Lovers appear in your room each night And they whirl you across the floor But they always seem to fade away When your daddy taps on your door ---
**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:** [June 15, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2545 "2022-06-15T06:01:10Z")
Father snores as his wife gets into the dressing gown Picks up the letter that’s lying there Standing alone at the top of the stairs She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy, our baby’s gone Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly How could she do this to 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:** [June 15, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2546 "2022-06-15T14:21:18Z")
No one heard a single word you said They should have seen it in your eyes What was going around your head. Ooh, she’s a little runaway Daddy’s girl learned fast All those things he couldn’t say ---
**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:** [June 16, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2547 "2022-06-16T15:24:35Z")
I’ll see you standin’ there You don’t care anymore And love in your life Stabbin’ knife in my heart Don’t runaway, midnight hideaway Don’t you fade away 'til the morning light (_[Fadeaway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhozYd7Cvj4),_ BoDeans) ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2548 "2022-06-17T12:14:51Z")
How could I dance with another When I saw her standing there? ---
**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 17, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2549 "2022-06-17T14:20:55Z")
Dance with me I want to be your partner Can’t you see? The music is just starting Night is calling, and I am falling Dance with me ---
**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, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2550 "2022-06-17T17:08:08Z")
Hold me closer, tiny dancer Count the headlights on the highway Lay me down in sheets of linen You had a busy day today ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2551 "2022-06-17T17:13:10Z")
Life is a highway I want to ride it all night long If you’re going my way I want to drive it all night long ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2552 "2022-06-18T03:07:48Z")
Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son” Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” God say, “No.” Abe say, “What ?” God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but The next time you see me comin’ you better run” Well Abe says, “Where do you want this killin’ done ?” God says. “Out on Highway 61”. ---
**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 18, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2553 "2022-06-18T14:19:19Z")
When I was just a baby my mama told me Son, always be a good boy, don’t ever play with guns But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry ---
**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:** [June 18, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2554 "2022-06-18T19:28:22Z")
Just because you’ve become a young man now There’s still some things that you don’t understand now Before you ask some girl for her hand now Keep your freedom for as long as you can now My mama told me, you better shop around Oh yeah, you better shop around ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2555 "2022-06-18T23:25:28Z")
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by Brother you don’t know a nicer occupation Matter of fact, neither do I Than standing on a corner watching all the girls Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2556 "2022-06-19T02:52:56Z")
I have often walked Down the street before, But the pavement always stayed Beneath my feet before All at once am I Several stories high, Knowing I’m on the street where you live ---
**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:** [June 19, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2557 "2022-06-19T02:54:12Z")
I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don’t know where it goes But it’s home to me, and I walk alone I walk this empty street On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Where the city sleeps And I’m the only one, and I walk alone ---
**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:** [June 19, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2558 "2022-06-19T03:27:26Z")
## I’d love to meet some boy Who I’d love because I’m such a lonely, lonely girl; I’d like to be the girl Some guy like to call his one and only, only girl. He doesn’t have to be especially handsome, As long as he cares for me and he’s kind of romance-some! Please try to understand why I cry, It’s because I’m such a lonely, lonely girl, Lonely girl, Lonely girl. ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2559 "2022-06-19T14:13:46Z")
I need a man, perhaps a man like you I need a man to make my dreams And I need a man And then at night I won’t be lonely Knowing I’m the only one ---
**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 19, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2560 "2022-06-19T16:09:22Z")
Such an effort If he only knew of my plan In just seven days I can make you a man ---
**Author:** ![AzFavorite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@AzFavorite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzFavorite)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2561 "2022-06-19T18:00:46Z")
He was on his way home from Candletop Been two weeks gone and he thought he"d stop At Webbs and have him a drink ‘fore he went home to her. Andy Wollo said," hello: And he said, " Hi whats doin’ Wo?" Said, " Sit down. I got some bad news, its gonna hurt." Said, “im your best friend and you thats right. But your young bride aint home tonight. Since you bern gone she bern seein that Amos boy, Seth.” Well he got mad 'n he saw red. Qnd Andy said "Boy dont you lose your head. Cause to tell you the truth, I been with her myself.: ``` - the night the lights went out in georgia 197 ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=129)