# 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:** 163
**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 9, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3242 "2022-12-09T20:54:51Z")
I’d like to hitch a ride with Santa Claus Wouldn’t that be something to see? I’d like to hitch a ride with Santa Claus Dodging the clouds, waving at crowds ---
**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 9, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3243 "2022-12-09T21:46:08Z")
Just a little bobsled we call it old Saint Nick But she’ll walk a toboggan with a four speed stick She’s candy-apple red with a ski for a wheel And when Santa hits the gas, man, just watch her peel. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3244 "2022-12-09T22:48:29Z")
And everybody’s sayin’ that there’s nobody meaner than The little old lady from Pasadena She drives real fast and she drives real hard She’s the terror of Colorado boulevard It’s the little old lady from Pasadena ---
**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 9, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3245 "2022-12-09T23:16:38Z")
Now all the vampires walkin’ through the Valley Move west down Ventura Boulevard And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows And the good girls are home with broken hearts Now I’m free I’m free fallin’ Yeah, I’m free Free fallin ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3246 "2022-12-10T14:15:24Z")
I saw werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fooks For to get a big dish of beef chow mein Ah-hoo, werewolves of London Ah-hoo Ah-hoo, werewolves of London Ah-hoo ---
**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 10, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3247 "2022-12-10T21:06:19Z")
Ríu, ríu, chíu, la guarda ribera, Dios guardó el lobo de nuestra cordera A Catalan Christmas carol that talks of the kingfishers calling out to Mary to warn her that there are wolves nearby. ---
**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 10, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3248 "2022-12-10T22:19:43Z")
Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself Don’t get caught Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself Let others out Wilder, lower wolves Here’s a house to put Wolves out the door ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3249 "2022-12-11T08:29:53Z")
Suspicion… Torments my heart Suspicion… Keeps us apart Suspicion… Why torture me? Suspicion – _Terry Stafford_ Elvis did it first, but Stafford had the hit with it – sort of karmic payback for the way Elvis made a hit out of Carl Perkins’ ._'Blue Suede Shoes_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3250 "2022-12-11T22:01:05Z")
Very superstitious Writing’s on the wall Very superstitious Ladders 'bout to fall Thirteen month old baby Broke the looking glass Seven years of bad luck The good things in your past When you believe in things That you don’t understand Then you suffer Superstition ain’t the way ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3251 "2022-12-11T22:32:21Z")
It must have been the mistletoe The lazy fire, the falling snow The magic in the frosty air That feeling everywhere It must have been the pretty lights That glistened in the silent night It may be just the stars so bright That shined above you ---
**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 11, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3252 "2022-12-11T23:41:38Z")
May it be an evening star Shines down upon you May it be when darkness falls Your heart will be true You walk a lonely road Oh, how far you are from home ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3253 "2022-12-12T03:11:18Z")
Where oh where are you tonight Why did you leave me here all alone I searched the world over And thought I found true love You met another and pfft! you were gone ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3254 "2022-12-12T03:55:21Z")
[“Was gone”…during boring rainy afternoons in the mid 70’s when there was nothing else on, these Hee Haw tunes got embedded deep in my brain believe you me…] Gloom, despair, and agony on me Deep, dark depression, excessive misery If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all Gloom, despair, and agony on me ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3255 "2022-12-12T04:45:52Z")
So break out the bottle bring on the crowd Tell funny stories turn the jukebox up loud Come on sit at my table where the drinks’re on me Yes, gather round me cause misery loves company ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3256 "2022-12-12T15:14:27Z")
And all the sad and empty faces That pass you on the street All running in their sleep, all in a dream Every loving handshake Is just another man to beat How your heart aches just to cut him to the core Life seems so rosy in the cradle, But I’ll be a friend, I’ll tell you what’s in store There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow. There’s nothing to grow up for any more ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3257 "2022-12-12T15:23:01Z")
When there’s lightning You know it always brings me down 'Cause it’s free and I see that it’s me Who’s lost and never found I cry out for magic I feel it dancing in the light It went cold, lost my hold To the shadows of the night No sign of the morning coming You’ve been left on your own Like a rainbow in the dark A rainbow in the dark ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3258 "2022-12-12T16:16:12Z")
Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas Because nobody ought to be all alone on Christmas ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3259 "2022-12-12T17:01:48Z")
I’ve got electric light And I’ve got second sight Amazing powers of observation And that is how I know When I try to get through On the telephone to you (Surprise, surprise, surprise) There’ll be nobody home ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3260 "2022-12-12T18:28:44Z")
Pull me up from deep inside, this pillow Feathers soft I lay my head in sorrow There’s caverns dark and there’s eyes that stare And I hear fingers snapping but there’s no one there ---
**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 12, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3261 "2022-12-12T22:43:32Z")
There’s something in the wind today That’s good for everyone Yes, faith is in our hearts today We’re shining like the sun And everyone can feel it, the feeling’s running deep After all, there’s only one more sleep 'til Christmas [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=162) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=164)