# 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:** 195
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3882 "2023-02-22T20:40:30Z")
If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear-stained eyes Don’t be surprised when a crack in the ice Appears under your feet. You slip out of your depth and out of your mind With your fear flowing out behind you As you claw the thin ice ---
**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 22, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3883 "2023-02-22T22:40:40Z")
Even in the sun, you know I keep it icy You could take a lick but it’s too cold to bite me Brr, brr, frozen You’re the one been chosen Play the part like Moses Keep it fresh like roses (oh) _Ice Cream, Selena Gomez_ ---
**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 22, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3884 "2023-02-22T22:43:02Z")
Moses supposes his toeses are Roses, But Moses supposes Erroneously, Moses he knowses his toeses aren’t roses, As Moses supposes his toeses to be! ---
**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 22, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3885 "2023-02-22T22:45:41Z")
Holy Moses, let us live in peace Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease There’s a man over there, what’s his color? I don’t care He’s my brother, let us live in peace ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3886 "2023-02-22T22:56:39Z")
Losing makes me sorry. You say “Now don’t you worry, don’t ya know I love you too?” That’s the way love goes, babe… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3887 "2023-02-23T07:59:07Z")
Everybody’s got a thing But some don’t know how to handle it Always reachin’ out in vain Just taking the things not worth having but Don’t you worry 'bout a thing Don’t you worry 'bout a thing, mama 'Cause I’ll be standing on the side When you check it out ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3888 "2023-02-23T10:10:58Z")
Everybody’s talkin’ at me I don’t hear a word they’re sayin’ Only the echoes of my mind People stoppin’, starin’ I can’t see their faces Only the shadows of their eyes _Everybody’s Talkin’. Harry Nilsson_ ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3889 "2023-02-23T11:14:04Z")
I can’t help it, if you might think I’m odd, If I say I’m not loving you for what you are, But for what you’re not. Everybody will help you discover what you set out to find, But if I can save you any time, Come on, give it to me: I’ll keep it with mine. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3890 "2023-02-23T13:54:56Z")
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, thought I’d something more to say ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3891 "2023-02-23T14:06:59Z")
And the days dwindle down to a precious few ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3892 "2023-02-23T15:25:47Z")
Precious and few are the moments we two can share Quiet and blue, like the sky, I’m hung over you And if I can’t find my way back home, it just wouldn’t be fair 'Cause precious and few are the moments we two can share ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3893 "2023-02-23T15:29:31Z")
Come down off your throne and leave your body alone Somebody must change You are the reason I’ve been waiting all these years Somebody holds the key Well, I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the time And I’m wasted and I can’t find my way 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 23, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3894 "2023-02-23T15:42:25Z")
I came to you when no one could hear me I’m sick and weary of being alone Empty streets and hungry faces The world’s no place when you’re on your own A heart needs a home ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3895 "2023-02-23T16:04:15Z")
The city streets are empty now (The lights don’t shine no more) And so the songs are way down low (Turning, turning, turning) A sound that flows into my mind (The echoes of the daylight) Of everything that is alive (In my blue world) I turn to stone, when you are gone I turn to stone Turn to stone, when you comin’ home? I can’t go on ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3896 "2023-02-23T16:10:07Z")
Spendin’ too much time away I can’t stand another day Maybe you think I’ve seen the world But I’d rather see my girl I’m goin’ home, I’m goin’ home I’m goin’ home, I’m goin’ home I’m goin’ home, bome, bome, bome bome bome Home, bome, bome, bome, back home Yes, I am ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3897 "2023-02-23T18:07:10Z")
Oh baby, baby, I’m coming home Baby, baby I’m coming home Tell me mama, baby, I’m coming home Gonna see my baby, see my baby fine Gonna take my baby, want to take my baby mine Hoping my woman treats me real kind [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IaKgQATdB6I/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGH8gMSgTMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBTWiuwz0RlxTgLTv5KLlCV8biu_w "Ten years after - I`m going home") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaKgQATdB6I) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3898 "2023-02-23T18:44:51Z")
II’m coming home I’m coming home Tell the world I’m coming home Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday I know my kingdom awaits and they’ve forgiven my mistakes I’m coming home, I’m coming home Tell the world that I’m coming ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3899 "2023-02-23T21:56:34Z")
I’m coming home, I’ve done my time But I have to know what is and isn’t mine ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3900 "2023-02-24T12:24:43Z")
When you meet with the young girls early in the Spring You court them in song and rhyme They answer with words and a clover ring But if you could examine the goods they bring They have little to offer but the songs they sing And the plentiful waste of time of day A plentiful waste of time _September Song, Frank Sinatra_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/3901 "2023-02-24T16:30:03Z")
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