# 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:** 135
**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:** [August 7, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2682 "2022-08-07T22:05:11Z")
“I am", I said To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the chair ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2683 "2022-08-08T01:00:32Z")
I am what I am I don’t want praise I don’t want pity I bang my own drum Some think it’s noise I think it’s pretty And so what if I love each sparkle and each bangle Why not try to see things from a different angle Your life is a shame 'til you can shout out I am what I am ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2684 "2022-08-08T01:46:01Z")
I yam what I yam And that’s all what I yam; I’m Popeye the sailor man! ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2685 "2022-08-08T11:33:06Z")
I am sailing I am sailing Home again 'Cross the sea I am sailing Stormy waters To be near you To be free ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2686 "2022-08-08T12:15:24Z")
And it’s home, boys home Home I’d like to be, home for a while in my own coun-try Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree Are all a-growing green in the old country ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2687 "2022-08-08T14:52:43Z")
There once was a ship that put to sea The name of that ship was the Billy o’ Tea The winds blew hard, her bow dipped down Blow, me bully boys, blow (huh) Soon may the Wellerman come To bring us sugar and tea and rum One day, when the tonguin’ is done We’ll take our leave and go ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2688 "2022-08-08T16:36:12Z")
There’s a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor Tomorrow for old England she sails Far away from your land of endless sunshine To my land full of rainy skies and gales And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2689 "2022-08-08T16:38:12Z")
Seventy-three men sailed up from the San Francisco Bay Rolled off of their ship, and here’s what they had to say “We’re callin’ everyone to ride along to another shore We can laugh our lives away and be free once more” ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2690 "2022-08-08T19:36:37Z")
All the world over, so easy to see People everywhere just wanna be free Listen, please listen, that’s the way it should be There’s peace in the valley, people got to be free ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2691 "2022-08-09T04:28:29Z")
So come and sing a simple song of freedom Sing it like you’ve never sung, never sung, before Let it fill the air Tell the people everywhere We, the people here, don’t want a war ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2692 "2022-08-09T04:33:09Z")
Ev’rybody’s talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2693 "2022-08-09T12:47:29Z")
Everybody’s talking at me I don’t hear a word they’re saying Only the echoes of my mind People stopping, staring I can’t see their faces Only the shadows of their eyes I’m going where the sun keeps shining Through the pouring rain Going where the weather suits my clothes ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2694 "2022-08-09T13:58:40Z")
Happy talk, keep talking happy talk Talk about things you like to do You got to have a dream, if you don’t have a dream How you gonna have a dream come true? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2695 "2022-08-09T14:14:18Z")
Out there in the dark, there’s a beckoning candle And while I can think, While I can talk While I can stand, While I can walk While I can dream, Please let my dream come true… right now Let it come true right now Oh, yeah ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2696 "2022-08-09T14:23:58Z")
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2697 "2022-08-09T14:29:00Z")
The moon, beautiful The sun, even more beautiful, ah ha ha (Bow bow) Oh yeah (Chick chicka chicka) (Doo, bow bow) Oh yeah (Chick chicka chicka) (Bow bow) Oh yeah (Chick chicka chicka) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2698 "2022-08-09T14:31:26Z")
Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don’t ya jes’ love it Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don’t ya jes’ 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:** [August 9, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2699 "2022-08-09T21:41:43Z")
Any time I need to see your face I just close my eyes and I am taken to a place where the crystal mind and magenta feeling taken shelter in the base of my spine sweet like a chicka cherry cola ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2700 "2022-08-10T03:07:25Z")
The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills A million ways to spend your time When we get back, I’ll drop a line ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/2701 "2022-08-10T14:35:17Z")
And drop me a line (drop me a line) I’ll be there waiting on the othеr side Oh, drop me a line (drop mе a line) You gotta know that forever and always, I’ll be there [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=136)