# 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:** 131
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2602 "2022-07-08T16:10:29Z")
Fire and ice You come on like a flame, then you turn a cold shoulder Fire and ice I wanna give you my love, but you’ll just take a little piece of my heart You’ll just tear it apart ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2603 "2022-07-14T14:16:23Z")
I tried so hard my dear to show that you’re my every dream Yet you’re afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart Why can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart ---
**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:** [July 16, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2604 "2022-07-16T14:55:40Z")
We’re caught in a trap I can’t walk out Because I love you too much, baby Why can’t you see What you’re doing to me When you don’t believe a word I say? We can’t go on together With suspicious minds (suspicious minds) And we can’t build our dreams On suspicious minds ---
**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:** [July 16, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2605 "2022-07-16T15:11:57Z")
Her mind’s made up, she walks down the road, Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold, She finds Billy down at the Italian cafe And when he’s drunk it’s hard to understand what Billy says But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars, “It’s a rat trap and we’ve been caught…” ---
**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:** [July 16, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2606 "2022-07-16T15:26:47Z")
A bottle of white, a bottle of red Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead We’ll get a table near the street In our old familiar place You and I, face to face, mmm A bottle of red, a bottle of white It all depends upon your appetite I’ll meet you any time you want In our Italian restaurant ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2607 "2022-07-16T15:35:20Z")
Aw, Cracklin’ Rosie, get on board We’re gonna ride 'Till there ain’t no more to go Taking it slow And Lord, don’t you know We’ll have me a time with a poor man’s lady ---
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2608 "2022-07-17T14:04:02Z")
Ooh slow ride… ooh slow ride, take it easy Slow ride, take it easy Slow down, go down, got to get your lovin’ one more time Hold me, roll me, slow ridin’ woman you’re so fine ---
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2609 "2022-07-17T15:53:56Z")
You want a man with a slow hand You want a lover with an easy touch You want somebody who will spend some time Not come and go in a heated rush Baby, believe me I understand When it comes to love you want a slow hand. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2610 "2022-07-17T16:05:10Z")
Easy lover She’ll get a hold on you, believe it Like no other Before you know it you’ll be on your knees She’s an easy lover She’ll take your heart but you won’t feel it She’s like no other And I’m just trying to make you see ---
**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:** [July 18, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2611 "2022-07-18T13:19:12Z")
Mmm - but she blinded me with science “She blinded me with science!” And failed me in geometry ---
**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:** [July 18, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2612 "2022-07-18T13:24:25Z")
Yeah, he was blinded by the light Oh, cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night ---
**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:** [July 18, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2613 "2022-07-18T15:04:59Z")
But I’ve got to creep down the alleyway Fly down the highway Before they come to catch me I’ll be gone Somewhere they can’t find me ---
**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:** [July 18, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2614 "2022-07-18T15:07:26Z")
Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan For reasons unexplained, she loved the Monkey Man Tweeter was a boy scout 'fore she went to Vietnam And found out the hard way nobody gives a damn They knew that they’d find freedom just across the Jersey Line So they hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99 ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2615 "2022-07-19T16:22:53Z")
But I’ve been bit and I’ve been tossed around By every she-rat in this town Have you, babe? Well, I am just a monkey man I’m glad you are a monkey woman too ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2616 "2022-07-19T17:18:50Z")
Oh, my old man’s a dustman He wears a dustman’s hat He wears [cor-blimey trousers](https://genius.com/12681536/Lonnie-donegan-my-old-mans-a-dustman/Cor-blimey-trousers) And he lives in a [council flat](https://genius.com/12681528/Lonnie-donegan-my-old-mans-a-dustman/Council-flat) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2617 "2022-07-19T19:18:42Z")
Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning Oh, what a terrible sight to see Dabtoes forward and the dustmen aft Sittin’ there a’pickin’ at a chicken on a raft! Hi, ho, chicken on a raft! Hey, ho, chicken on a raft! Hi, ho, chicken on a raft! Hey, ho, chicken on a raft! _Cyril Tawney_ ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2618 "2022-07-19T21:14:39Z")
Killed a chicken and she saved me the wing this morning Killed a chicken and she saved me the wing this morning Killed a chicken and she saved me the wing Thinks I’m a-working but I ain’t doin’ a thing This morning, for breakfast, so soon ---
**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:** [July 19, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2619 "2022-07-19T22:19:26Z")
Chick-a-boom, chick-a-boom don’t ya jes’ love it Chick-a-boom, chick-a-boom don’t you just love it Chick-a-boom, chick-a-boom don’t ya jes’ love it Chick-a-boom, chick-a-boom-boom-boom ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2620 "2022-07-20T01:27:48Z")
The farmer had raised chickens since he was twenty-four. A workman for the Colonel’s for thirty years or more, Killing all those chickens and sending them to fry. Now it’s payback time For ghost chickens in the sky! Buck, buck, buck, buuuuck! Buck, buck, buck, Bu-uuuuck! Ghost chickens in the sky! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2621 "2022-07-20T23:33:18Z")
You know I like my chicken fried And cold beer on a Friday night A pair of jeans that fit just right And the radio up [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=132)