# 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:** 180
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3582 "2023-01-27T19:32:51Z")
Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey shore, Prepared to cross the line. I could see the bridge was lined with bears, But I didn’t have a doggoned dime. I says, “Pigpen, this here’s the Rubber Duck – We just ain’t a-gonna pay no toll!” So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eight, I says “Let them truckers roll.” (10-4) Convoy – Bill Fries _(real name of C.W. McCall)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3583 "2023-01-27T21:51:50Z")
Ten four, Back door Put the pedal to the metal Whatcha waiting for If that old white can’t stay in sight Gonna leave you here and say no more How 'bout it ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3584 "2023-01-27T21:54:49Z")
One foot on the brake and one on the gas, hey Well, there’s too much traffic, I can’t pass, no So I tried my best illegal move A big black and white come and crushed my groove again Go on and write me up for 125 Post my face, wanted dead or alive Take my license, all that jive I can’t drive 55 ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3585 "2023-01-27T22:31:29Z")
Cop’s on the corner, look he’s starting to write Well, I don’t need no ticket, so I screamed, “Outta sight” Drove so fast that my eyes can’t see Look in the mirror, is he still following me? Let it roll down the highway Let it roll down the highway Roll, roll ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3586 "2023-01-28T04:55:02Z")
Nobody gonna take my car I’m gonna race it to the ground Nobody gonna beat my car It’s gonna break the speed of sound Oooh it’s a killing machine It’s got everything Like a driving power big fat tyres And everything ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3587 "2023-01-28T12:29:03Z")
My pappy said, “Son, you’re gonna’ drive me to drinkin’ If you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot Rod Lincoln.” Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race When Fords and Lincolns was settin’ the pace. That story is true, I’m here to say I was drivin’ that Model A. ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3588 "2023-01-28T14:07:00Z")
Road Runner That coyote’s after you Road Runner If he catches you, you’re through ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3589 "2023-01-28T14:12:22Z")
I’m a road runner, You might look at me And I’ll be gone Well you can love me if you wanna But I do declare When I get restless I got to move somewhere ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3590 "2023-01-28T16:54:39Z")
On the road again Just can’t wait to get on the road again The life I love is makin’ music with my friends And I can’t wait to get on the road again ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3591 "2023-01-28T17:19:34Z")
I had a friend who had friends by a river They too had friends who had friends of their own All seated round takin’ port after dinner, Port that was bought by the friends that were known No one ever seemed to care Just as long as they were there Friends beside you (beside you) Friends to guide you (to guide you) Friends beside you Everywhere ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3592 "2023-01-28T17:22:51Z")
Oh, you’re the best friend that I ever had Been with you such a long time You’re my sunshine And I want you to know That my feelings are true I really love you Oh, you’re my best friend ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3593 "2023-01-28T17:23:06Z")
So dear friends Your love has gone Only tears to dwell upon I dare not say As the wind must blow So a love is lost A love is won Go to sleep and dream again Soon your hopes will rise And then from all this gloom Life can start anew And there’ll be no crying soon ---
**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:** [January 28, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3594 "2023-01-28T17:35:33Z")
Old friends Old friends Sat on their park bench like bookends A newspaper blowin’ through the grass Falls on the round toes Of the high shoes Of the old friends. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3595 "2023-01-28T19:36:13Z")
Dear Old Girl, the robin sings above you, Dear Old Girl, it speaks of how I love you, The blinding tears are falling, As I think of my lost pearl, And my broken heart is calling, Calling for you, Dear Old Girl. ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3596 "2023-01-28T22:35:14Z")
When I get older losing my hair Many years from now Will you still be sending me a valentine Birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I’d been out till quarter to three Would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me When I’m sixty-four? You’ll be older too And if you say the word I could stay with 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 28, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3597 "2023-01-28T22:43:07Z")
Old man, take a look at my life, I’m a lot like you I need someone to love me the whole day through Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that’s true ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3598 "2023-01-28T22:45:35Z")
You must remember me old man I know that you can if you try So just open up your eyes, old man Look who’s come to say goodbye ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3599 "2023-01-29T18:43:30Z")
Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I’m just a poor boy I need some sympathy Because I’m easy come, easy go Little high, little low Any way the wind blows Doesn’t really matter to me To me ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3600 "2023-01-29T20:22:59Z")
I sit in the sunset Watching God’s evening, Receding so gently now Into the Westlands. I think I’m at peace now But of nothing am I certain Only which way will the wind blow next time? ---
**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 29, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3601 "2023-01-29T22:49:28Z")
Look out kid, don’t matter what you did Walk on your tip toes, don’t tie no bows Better stay away from those that carry around a fire hose Keep a clean nose, watch the plainclothes You don’t need a weather man to know which way the wind blows [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=181)