# 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:** 129
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2562 "2022-06-19T18:33:38Z")
All you fellows, gather 'round me And let me give you some good advice What I’m gonna, gonna ask you now You better think about it twice While you’re out cheating on your woman There’s something you never even thought of, and that is Who’s making love to your old lady While you were out making love (hear me now) Who’s making love to your old lady While you were out making love ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2563 "2022-06-19T21:19:18Z")
I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind She was my woman As she deceived me, I watched and went out of my mind My, my, my, Delilah Why, why, why, Delilah I could see, that girl was no good for me But I was lost like a slave that no man could free ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2564 "2022-06-20T15:16:40Z")
You’ve painted up your lips Rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby, are you contemplating Going out somewhere? The shadow on the wall Tells me the sun is going down Oh, Ruby Don’t take your love to town ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2565 "2022-06-20T15:18:50Z")
She would never say where she came from Yesterday don’t matter if it’s gone While the sun is bright Or in the darkest night No one knows, she comes and goes Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still, I’m gonna miss you ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2566 "2022-06-20T21:17:28Z")
Druscilla Penny, what a name! Are you sure you didn’t make it up yourself? You’re very pretty, yes, you are But with all the junk you wear, it’s hard to tell ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2567 "2022-06-20T23:04:42Z")
The name game! Shirley! Shirley, Shirley bo Birley Bonana fanna fo Firley Fee fy mo Mirley, Shirley! Lincoln! Lincoln, Lincoln bo Bincoln Bonana fanna fo Fincoln ---
**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 21, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2568 "2022-06-21T03:14:08Z")
My pappy said, “Son, you’re gonna’ drive me to drinkin’ If you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot Rod Lincoln.” ---
**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 21, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2569 "2022-06-21T14:06:06Z")
Go on and write me up for 125 Post my face, wanted dead or alive Take my license, all that jive I can’t drive 55 Oh no ---
**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 21, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2570 "2022-06-21T14:35:42Z")
They say I’m crazy but I have a good time I’m just looking for clues at the scene of the crime Life’s been good to me so far My Maserati does one-eighty-five I lost my license, now I don’t drive ---
**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 21, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2571 "2022-06-21T15:01:19Z")
Supercar… Supercar… It travels on land, or roams the skies, through a heavens stormy rage, It’s Mercury-manned, and everyone cries, “it’s the marvel of the age!” ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2572 "2022-06-22T14:36:38Z")
Now we’re doing a hundred and twenty - As fast as I could go. The Rambler pulled along side of me As if we were going slow. The fellow rolled down his window And yelled for me to hear, “Hey, Buddy, how can I get this car Out of second gear!” Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2573 "2022-06-25T22:24:30Z")
Transfusion transfusion Oh, doc, pardon me for this crazy intrusion I’m never, never, never gonna speed again Pump the fluid in me, Louie ---
**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 26, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2574 "2022-06-26T03:35:28Z")
One of these nights I may just Jump down that rainbow way, be with my baby Then we’ll spend some time together So hologramic, oh my tvc15 My baby’s in there someplace, love’s rating in the sky So hologramic, oh my tvc15 Transition, transmission, transition, transmission Oh my tvc15, oh oh, tvc15 Oh my tvc15, oh oh, tvc15 Oh my tvc15, oh oh, tvc15 Oh my tvc15, oh oh, tvc15 ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2575 "2022-06-26T17:41:30Z")
On the PC On the PC There is no viler shell or compiler than one that’s free If you want to ease your awful pain, Then you got to stick with public domain ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2576 "2022-06-27T16:55:41Z")
Need a special girl To share in my computer world I no longer need a strategy Thanks to modern technology ---
**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 27, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2577 "2022-06-27T17:06:13Z")
She’s only programmed to be very nice But she’s as cold as ice Whenever I get too near She tells me that she likes me very much But when I try to touch She makes it all too clear She is the latest in technology Almost mythology But she has a heart of stone She has an IQ of one thousand and one She has a jumpsuit on And she’s also a telephone _Yours Truly, 2095_, Electric Light Orchestra ---
**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 28, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2578 "2022-06-28T01:29:23Z")
You’re as cold as ice You’re willing to sacrifice our love You never take advice Someday you’ll pay the price, I know I’ve seen it before, it happens all the time You’re closing the door, you leave the world behind You’re digging for gold, you’re throwing away A fortune in feelings, but someday you’ll pay ---
**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 28, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2579 "2022-06-28T04:22:48Z")
It’s my heart and there’s a price you have to pay Enough is enough You played too rough with my heart Now there’s a price you have to pay ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2580 "2022-06-28T23:31:36Z")
Baby, you could never look me in the eye Yeah, you buckle with the weight of the words Stop draggin’ my Stop draggin’ my Stop draggin’ my heart around ---
**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 29, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2581 "2022-06-29T01:04:43Z")
Kind of a drag When your baby don’t love you Kind of a drag When you know she’s been untrue Oh oh, listen to what I’ve gotta say Girl, I still love you I’ll always love you Anyway, anyway [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=130)