# 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:** 205
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4082 "2023-03-10T22:31:49Z")
Hey girls, gather round Listen to what I’m puttin’ down Hey, baby, I’m your handy man I’m not the kind that uses pencil or rule I’m handy with the love and I’m no fool I fix broken hearts, I know I truly can ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4083 "2023-03-10T23:03:20Z")
He shakes my ashes, greases my griddle, Churns my butter, strokes my fiddle; My man is such a handy man! He threads my needle, creams my wheat, Heats my heater, chops my meat; My man is such a handy man! ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4084 "2023-03-10T23:11:45Z")
I can wash out forty four pairs of socks And have 'em on the line I can starch and iron two dozen shirts 'Fore you can count from one to nine I can slip up a great big dip up of lard From a drippings can Throw it in the skillet, do my shopping Be back before it melts in the pan 'Cause I’m a woman W. O. M. A. N! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4085 "2023-03-11T04:10:10Z")
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 (cry, cry, no more laughter) Oh, I should be happy (oh, why did he go?) I only know that since he left, my life’s so empty ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4086 "2023-03-11T07:32:42Z")
But when he’s gone Me and them lonesome blues collide The bed’s too big The frying pan’s too wide My old man ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4087 "2023-03-11T09:50:29Z")
My old man’s a dustman He wears a dustman’s hat He wears cor blimey trousers And he lives in a council flat _My Old Man’s a Dustman (Ballad of a Refuse Disposal Officer). Lonnie Donegan_ ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4088 "2023-03-11T12:26:29Z")
Daddy was a cop On the east side of Chicago Back in the USA Back in the bad old days ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4089 "2023-03-11T12:29:55Z")
Well, the south side of Chicago Is the baddest part of town And if you go down there You better just beware Of a man name of Leroy Brown ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4090 "2023-03-11T12:31:11Z")
Mrs. Brown, you’ve got a lovely daughter Girls as sharp as her are somethin’ rare But it’s sad, she doesn’t love me now She’s made it clear enough, it ain’t no good to pine ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4091 "2023-03-11T12:47:04Z")
Golden brown, finer temptress Through the ages she’s heading west From far away, stays for a day Never a frown with golden brown ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4092 "2023-03-11T13:59:41Z")
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save me from its guilt and power _Rock of Ages, cleft for me. Trad. hymn_ ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4093 "2023-03-11T18:20:10Z")
What do ya want? What do ya want? I want rock ‘n’ roll All right Long live rock ‘n’ roll Oh, yeah, yeah Rock of ages, rock of ages Still rollin’, keep a-rollin’ Rock of ages, rock of ages Still rollin’, rock ‘n’ rollin’ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4094 "2023-03-11T19:31:33Z")
Rock is dead they say Long live rock Long live rock I need it every night Long live rock Come on and join the line Long live rock Be it dead or alive ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4095 "2023-03-11T21:49:35Z")
The king is gone, but he’s not forgotten (, Johnny Rotten) Is this the story of Johnny Rotten? (Johnny Rotten, Rotten Johnny) It’s better to burn out 'cause rust never sleeps The king is gone, but he’s not forgotten Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There’s more to the picture than meets the eye ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4096 "2023-03-11T22:13:05Z")
On a cold December evening I was walking through the Christmastide When a stranger came up and asked me If I’d heard John Lennon died And the two of us went to this bar And we stayed to close the place And every song we played was For the late great Johnny Ace ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4097 "2023-03-11T22:55:33Z")
His mother told him "someday you will be a man And you will be the leader of a big old band Many people coming from miles around To hear you play your music when the sun go down Maybe someday your name will be in lights Saying “Johnny B. Goode tonight” _Johnny B. Goode. Chuck Berry_ ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4098 "2023-03-11T23:22:39Z")
Johnny Angel (Sha dum da dum) How I love him (Sha dum da dum) He’s got something that I can’t resist (Ah, da dum, da dum dum) But he doesn’t even know (Ah, da dum, da dum dum) That I exist (Sha dum da dum dum, sha dum da dum) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4099 "2023-03-11T23:26:33Z")
‘Cause my lovin’ feels like ooh You don’t know my name (round and round and round we go, will you ever know?) And I swear it feels like ooh (baby baby baby) You don’t know my name oh (round and round and round we go, will you ever know?) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4100 "2023-03-11T23:45:43Z")
I did you wrong My heart went out to play But in the game I lost you What a price to pay I’m cryin’ Ooh baby, baby Ooh baby, baby ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4101 "2023-03-12T00:48:39Z")
I was cryin’ when I met you Now I’m tryin’ to forget you Your love is sweet misery I was cryin’ just to get you Now I’m dyin’ 'cause I let you Do what you do down on me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=206)