# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/401 "2020-08-26T16:20:06Z")
All the faces All the voices blur Change to one face Change to one voice Prepare yourself for bed The light seems bright And glares on white walls All the sounds of Charlotte sometimes Into the night with Charlotte sometimes –The Cure ---
**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:** [August 26, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/402 "2020-08-26T16:36:55Z")
I had a date with a pretty ballerina Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes, I asked her for this dance and then she obliged me Was I surprised, yeah, was I surprised, no not at all I called her yesterday, it should have been tomorrow I could not keep this joy that was inside, I beg for her to tell me if she really loved me, Some where a mountain is moving Afraid it’s moving without me. Left Banke _Pretty Ballerina_ ---
**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:** [August 26, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/403 "2020-08-26T17:00:52Z")
There’s a cabin on a mountain far away in Tennessee Dearest place this side of heaven and it’s where I long to be I’ve rambled this world over sailed upon the deep blue sea But in a cabin on a mountain’s where my heart will always be _Cabin On A Mountain. Trad. Bluegrass number_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/404 "2020-08-26T20:23:21Z")
Get back, get back again and again I’ve been here since I can’t remember when My life is a boat, being blown by you Nothing ahead, just the deepest blue… To me you’re like the setting sun You rise then you’re gone To me you’re like the setting sun You rise then you’re gone Go down on your light So bright it burns my eyes Sounds like the perfect way To end my life The Verve, _Gravity Grave_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/405 "2020-08-27T03:58:19Z")
Once upon a time I was falling in love, But now I’m only falling apart. Nothing I can say, A total eclipse of the heart. A total eclipse of the heart. A total eclipse of the heart. Turn around, bright eyes. Bonnie Tyler, “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” ---
**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:** [August 27, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/406 "2020-08-27T07:39:45Z")
Falling in love again, Never wanted to. What am I to do? Can’t help it. Marlene Dietrich - _Falling in Love Again_ _ **-“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:** [August 27, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/407 "2020-08-27T13:07:58Z")
I flinch, I shy, when the lass with the delicate air goes by I smile, I grin, when the gal with a touch of sin walks in. I hope, and I pray, for a Hester to win just one more “A” The sadder-but-wiser girl’s the girl for me. The Music Man, “The Sadder But Wiser Girl For Me” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/408 "2020-08-27T13:12:46Z")
Just wise owl tones no velvet lies Crush her velvet call Oh Marlene suffer all the fools Who write you on the wall And hold your tongue about your life Or dead hands will change the plot Well make your loving sound like snakes Like you were never hot Peter Murphy - _Marlene Dietrich’s Favourite Poem_ ---
**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:** [August 27, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/409 "2020-08-27T21:08:28Z")
Owls, everyone is fond of owls Except for mice and shrews and Simon Cowells And you know why they come for you The owls in your dressing room, the owls in your gravy Even if you hide at sea, there’s owls in the navy Jonti Picking _The Owl Song_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/410 "2020-08-27T21:49:48Z")
In the navy Yes, you can sail the seven seas. In the navy Yes, you can put your mind at ease. In the navy Come on now, people, make a stand. In the navy, in the navy. The Village People, “In the Navy.” ---
**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:** [August 27, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/411 "2020-08-27T23:29:45Z")
You ask where I live, Here’s the address I give – The four winds and the seven seas. The hills were my home till I started to roam, The four winds and the seven seas. Vic Damone - _The Four Winds and the Seven Seas (although I’m personally fond of the 1963 ‘Smother’s Brothers’ version)_ _ **-“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:** [August 27, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/412 "2020-08-27T23:47:08Z")
But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea Looking Glass - _Brandy_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/413 "2020-08-28T01:33:26Z")
The boat goes out, surrender yours It could be any day The fishermen shout, approaching storm It’s just like yesterday Sometimes I can’t tell what I’m doin’ here Am I s’pposed to be a clown or a buccanneer From the vaguest clue to the faintest idea A Roman holiday Surrender smiles, epiphany It’s almost every day And the sea’s in my bed And the moon’s in my head The Refo:mation - _The Moon & The Sea_ ---
**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:** [August 28, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/414 "2020-08-28T21:33:10Z")
Until the gift that someone left, a basket by my door. And in there lay the fairest little baby crying to be fed, I got down on my knees and kissed the moon and star on his head. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/415 "2020-08-28T21:33:49Z")
Cat Stevens, _The Boy with the Moon and Star on His Head_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/416 "2020-08-28T22:57:07Z")
I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution, Take a bow for the new revolution, Smile and grin at the change all around. Pick up my guitar and play, Just like yesterday, Then I’ll get on my knees and pray, We don’t get fooled again. The Who, “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/417 "2020-08-28T23:16:28Z")
Pictures of never ending dreams I can’t see what these images mean Locked inside me can’t set the rainbows free Like perishing flowers they sag and twist and die There’s a revolution There’s a revolution yeah The Cult, “Revolution” ---
**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:** [August 29, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/418 "2020-08-29T01:47:41Z")
Look what’s happening out in the streets Got a revolution Got a revolution Hey I’m dancing down the street Got a revolution Got a revolution Ain’t it amazing all the people I meet Got a revolution Got a revolution Jefferson Airplane _Volunteers_ ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/419 "2020-08-29T02:20:23Z")
You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world The Beatles, _Revolution_ ---
**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:** [August 29, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/420 "2020-08-29T13:48:38Z")
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