# 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:** 183
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3642 "2023-02-03T14:29:01Z")
When life is too much, roll with it, baby Don’t stop and lose your touch, oh no, baby Hard times knocking on your door I’ll tell them you ain’t there no more Get on through it, roll with it, baby ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3643 "2023-02-03T15:24:36Z")
So let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint And let’s head on down the road There’s somewhere I gotta go And you don’t know how it feels You don’t know how it feels To be me ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3644 "2023-02-03T15:30:06Z")
Rooooooooll another one Just like the other one That one’s burned just 'bout to the end So come on and be a real friend Don’t Bogart that joint, my friend Pass it over to me Don’t Bogart that joint, my friend Pass it over to me ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3645 "2023-02-03T16:26:55Z")
Well, I’ma write a little letter I’m gonna mail it to my local DJ Yeah, it’s a jumping little record I want my jockey to play Roll over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today You know my temperature’s rising The jukebox blowing a fuse My heart’s beating rhythm And my soul keep a-singing the blues _Chuck Berry_ ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3646 "2023-02-03T16:31:16Z")
Sweet little lady sings like a songbird And she sings the opera like you ain’t never heard But she ain’t ready No, no, no, she ain’t ready No, no, no, she ain’t ready And she ain’t gonna rock and roll She’s sweet on Wagner I think she’d die for Beethoven She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune And Verdi’s always creeping from her room ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3647 "2023-02-03T18:14:04Z")
If there’s a cure for this I don’t want it, I don’t want it If there’s a remedy I’ll run from it, from it Think about it all the time Never let it out of my mind 'Cause I love you I’ve got the sweetest hangover I don’t wanna get over The sweetest hangover ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3648 "2023-02-03T19:44:57Z")
I got a hangover, whoa-oh-oh I’ve been drinking too much, for sure I got a hangover, whoa-oh-oh I got an empty cup, pour me some 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:** [February 3, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3649 "2023-02-03T20:41:45Z")
Woke up this morning, my head was so bad The worst hangover that I ever had What happened to me last night That girl of mine, she loved me so right (yeah) (oh, oh) She loved me so long and she loved me so hard I finally passed out in her front yard (whoo) It wasn’t wine that I had too much of It was a double shot of my baby’s love ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3650 "2023-02-04T00:30:23Z")
▲ ▲ ▲ Just gotta say that back in the '60s, that was the quintessential garage band song. **In play:** The radio is blastin’, someone’s knockin’ at the door I’m lookin’ at my girlfriend, she’s passed out on the floor I seen so many things I ain’t never seen before Don’t know what it is, I don’t wanna see no more _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3651 "2023-02-04T00:52:50Z")
And the radio played that forgotten song Brenda Lee’s “Coming On Strong” And the newsman sang his same song Oh, one more radar lover gone ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3652 "2023-02-04T02:35:58Z")
This is the theme to Garry’s Show, The theme to Garry’s show. Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song. I’m almost halfway finished, How do you like it so far, How do you like the theme to Garry’s Show. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3653 "2023-02-04T07:08:35Z")
Who’s the leader of the club That’s made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E Mickey Mouse (Donald Duck!) Mickey Mouse (Donald Duck!) Forever let us hold our banner high High, high, high! Come along and sing our song Come join our jamboree M-I-C-K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3654 "2023-02-04T11:30:53Z")
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band It’s wonderful to be here It’s certainly a thrill You’re such a lovely audience We’d like to take you home with us We’d love to take you home ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3655 "2023-02-04T12:04:04Z")
If you want to find the Sergeant Major, I know where he is, I know where he is, I know where he is. If you want to find the Sergeant Major, I know where he is, He’s cowering on the dug-out floor. I saw him, I saw him, cowering on the dug-out floor, I saw him, cowering on the dug-out floor. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3656 "2023-02-04T15:39:49Z")
Jet, was your father as bold as a Sergeant Major? Oh, how come he told you that you were hardly old enough yet? And Jet, I thought the Major was a Lady Suffragette ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3657 "2023-02-04T16:16:50Z")
Oh don’t lean on me man 'Cause you can’t afford the ticket I’m back on Suffragette City Oh don’t lean on me man 'Cause you ain’t got time to check it You know my Suffragette City Is outta sight She’s all right ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3658 "2023-02-04T16:34:38Z")
Cast off the shackles of yesterday Shoulder to shoulder into the fray Our daughters’ daughters will adore us And they’ll sing in grateful chorus Well done Sister Suffragette ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3659 "2023-02-04T17:36:54Z")
But in these times of change You know that it’s no longer true So we’re comin’ out of the kitchen ‘Cause there’s somethin’ we forgot to say to you, we say Sisters are doin’ it for themselves Standin’ on their own two feet And ringin’ on their own bells, we say Sisters are doin’ it for themselves ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3660 "2023-02-04T21:26:31Z")
One less bell to answer… One less egg to fry One less man to pick up after I should be happy But all I do is cry _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [February 4, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3661 "2023-02-04T22:52:37Z")
If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye It’s no secret you’ll feel better if you cry When waking from a bad dream Don’t you sometimes think it’s real? But it’s only false emotions that you feel If your heartaches seem to hang around too long And your blues keep getting bluer with each song Remember sunshine can be found behind a cloudy sky So let your hair down and go on and cry _Johnnie Ray_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=184)