# 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:** 174
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3462 "2023-01-10T01:21:22Z")
Winding your way down on Baker Street Light in your head and dead on your feet Well, another crazy day You’ll drink the night away And forget about everything This city desert makes you feel so cold It’s got so many people, but it’s got no soul And it’s taken you so long To find out you were wrong When you thought it held everything ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3463 "2023-01-10T01:46:42Z")
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street Chicago, New York, Detroit and it’s all on the same street Your typical city involved in a typical daydream Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3464 "2023-01-10T19:15:58Z")
This tired city was somebody’s dream Billboard horizon as black as it seem A four level highway across the land We’re buildin’ a home for the family of man ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3465 "2023-01-10T20:19:30Z")
There is a Brotherhood of man. A benevolent brotherhood of man! A noble tie that binds all human hearts and minds Into one brotherhood of man. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3466 "2023-01-10T22:36:42Z")
The killer awoke before dawn He put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall He went into the room where his brother lived Then he went to the room where his sister lived And then he, he walked on down the hall ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3467 "2023-01-10T22:56:41Z")
The Georgia patrol was making their rounds So he fired a shot, just to flag 'em down A big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said “Why’d you do it?” The judge said “guilty” on a make-believe trial Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile Said, “Supper’s waiting at home and I got to get to it” That’s the night that the lights went out in Georgia That’s the night that they hung an innocent man Well, don’t trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer 'Cause the judge in the town’s got bloodstains on his hands ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3468 "2023-01-10T22:58:02Z")
And when that jailbird started singing They know all the words were wrong But the sheriff and the D.A. and the judge all sang along They pinned it on Jack Favor, gave him life without parole Gave Jack’s freedom to the jailbird, payment on the lies he told And it just so happens that election year Everybody made out at the polls ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3469 "2023-01-10T23:28:31Z")
The account of the capture Wasn’t in the papers But you know they hanged ol’ Smack right then Instead of later ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3470 "2023-01-10T23:46:23Z")
A beautiful woman (And a condemned man name Tom Dooley) (When the sun rises tomorrow) (Tom Dooley must hang) Hang down your head Tom Dooley Hang down your head and cry Hang down your head Tom Dooley Por boy your bound to die ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3471 "2023-01-11T01:29:40Z")
Last night as I lay sleeping I dreamed a dream so fair I dreamed about my darling a rose was in her hair I dreamed I left this prison started life anew She told me that she loved me told me her love was true. It was only a dream, just a prisoner’s dream As I lay on my cold prison bed My dreams of you can never come true Dear girl, I wish that I was dead. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3472 "2023-01-11T01:45:18Z")
Then I awake and look around me At four grey walls that surround me And I realize, yes, I was only dreaming For there’s a guard and there’s a sad, old padre On and on, we’ll walk at daybreak Again, I’ll touch the green, green grass of home ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3473 "2023-01-11T05:47:13Z")
Green grass and high tides forever Castles of stone souls and glory Lost faces say we adore you As kings and queens bow and play for you ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3474 "2023-01-11T13:27:13Z")
Green, green, It’s green they say, On the far side of the hill. Green, green, I’m going away to where The grass is greener still. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3475 "2023-01-11T14:05:08Z")
Just a little green Like the color when the spring is born There’ll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow Just a little green Like the nights when the northern lights perform There’ll be icicles and birthday clothes And sometimes there’ll be sorrow ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3476 "2023-01-11T17:05:27Z")
Popsicles, icicles, baseball and fancy clothes These are a few of the things he loves He loves Levis and brown eyes And wind blowin’ through his hair These are a part of the boy I love ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3477 "2023-01-11T17:46:02Z")
I had a friend was a big baseball player Back in high school He could throw that speedball by you Make you look like a fool boy Saw him the other night at this roadside bar I was walking in, he was walking out We went back inside, sat down, had a few drinks But all he kept talking about was Glory days well they’ll pass you by Glory days in the wink of a young girl’s eye Glory days, glory days ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3478 "2023-01-11T21:45:09Z")
I wanna go back And do it all over But I can’t go back I know I wanna go back 'Cause I’m feeling so much older But I can’t go back I know ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3479 "2023-01-11T22:22:40Z")
Suntanned bodies and Waves of sunshine the California girls and a Beautiful coastline Warmed up weather Let’s get together and Do it again ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3480 "2023-01-11T22:24:15Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3481 "2023-01-12T05:53:24Z")
The highways jammed with broken heroes On a last-chance power drive Everybody’s out on the run tonight But there’s no place left to hide [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=173) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=175)