# 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:** 160
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3182 "2022-12-01T01:45:46Z")
The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade You make the change You rearrange me 'til I’m sane You lock the door And throw away the key There’s someone in my head but it’s not 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:** [December 1, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3183 "2022-12-01T03:36:27Z")
You can take me to the paradise And then again you can be cold as ice I’m over my head (over my head) Oh, but it sure feels nice (Rest in peace, Christine.) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3184 "2022-12-01T03:44:53Z")
And we’re glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife C’mon! Hold on tight! C’mon! Hold on tight! Thought it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night I can see paradise by the dashboard light ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3185 "2022-12-01T14:21:10Z")
Well, I’m hot blooded, check it and see I got a fever of a hundred and three Come on baby, do you do more than dance? I’m hot blooded, I’m hot blooded ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3186 "2022-12-01T15:02:52Z")
Take your baby by the hair And pull her close and there, there, there And take your baby by the ears And play upon her darkest fears We were so in phase In our dance hall days We were cool on craze When I, you and everyone we knew Could believe, do and share in what was 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:** [December 1, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3187 "2022-12-01T17:15:42Z")
Those were the days my friend We thought they’d never end We’d sing and dance forever and a day We’d live the life we choose We’d fight and never lose Those were the days, oh yes those were the days ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3188 "2022-12-01T18:31:18Z")
[Could have gone into the TV one as well] * * * Boy, the way Glenn Miller played Songs that made the hit parade Guys like me we had it made Those were the days Didn’t need no welfare state Ev’rybody pulled his weight Gee our old LaSalle ran great Those were the days ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3189 "2022-12-01T19:06:16Z")
So we call it ‘Opus One’ It’s not for Sammy Kaye, hey, hey, hey It’s ‘Opus One’ It’s got to swing, not sway, baby If Mr. Les Brown can make it renowned And Ray Anthony could rock it for me There’s never a doubt, you’ll knock yourself out Whenever you get near ‘Opus One’ ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3190 "2022-12-01T19:18:41Z")
What good is melody, what good is music If it ain’t possessin’ something sweet It ain’t the melody, it ain’t the music There’s something else that makes the tune complete It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3191 "2022-12-01T20:27:22Z")
Do you like good music? Huh, that sweet soul music Just as long as it’s swingin’ Oh yeah, oh 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:** [December 1, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3192 "2022-12-01T20:29:32Z")
And we were swingin’ Yes, we were swingin’ Little Charlotte, she’s as pretty as the angels when they sing I can’t believe I’m out here on her front porch in this swing Just a-swingin’ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3193 "2022-12-01T20:48:41Z")
The screen door slams Mary’s dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely Hey, that’s me and I want you only Don’t turn me on again I just can’t face myself alone again ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3194 "2022-12-01T22:11:29Z")
She picks up her apron in little girl-fashion As something comes into her mind Slowly starts dancing remembering her girlhood And all of the boys she had waiting in line Oh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewife You see everywhere any time of the day An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3195 "2022-12-01T22:40:27Z")
This is the happy house We’re happy here in the happy house Oh it’s such fun We’ve come to play in the happy house And waste a day in the happy house It never rains We’ve come to scream in the happy house We’re in a dream in the happy house We’re all quite sane ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3196 "2022-12-02T15:01:06Z")
No cares have I to grieve me No pretty little girls to deceive me I’m happy as a lark believe me As we go rolling, rolling home Rolling home (rolling home) Rolling home (rolling home) By the light of the silvery moo-oo-on Happy is the day when we line up for our pay As we go rolling, rolling home ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3197 "2022-12-02T15:46:20Z")
It’s a game, it’s a game, no let’s call it a shame 'Cause there’s no one to blame just to pay You were a friend for a day, so don’t cry if I say That you got what you want, it’s okay An’ we’re goin’ through the motions Yeah, we’re goin’ through the motions Yeah, we’re goin’ through the motions Goin’ through the motions ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3198 "2022-12-02T22:33:46Z")
Many a tear have to fall But it’s all in the game All in the wonderful game That we know as love ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3199 "2022-12-02T22:57:35Z")
Games people play You take it or you leave it Things that say Aren’t right If I promised you the moon And stars will you believe it Games people play in the middle of the night ---
**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:** [December 3, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3200 "2022-12-03T00:01:25Z")
Mary Hill used to hang out in Cherry Hill Park The games she played lasted all day 'til way after dark All the girls they criticized her But all the guys just idolized her 'Cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark In Cherry Hill Park ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3201 "2022-12-04T00:37:03Z")
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