# 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:** 221
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4402 "2023-04-07T17:01:46Z")
It’s so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day And talk about the hometown a million miles away Is the ice still in the river? Are the old folks still the same? And by the way, did she mention my name? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4403 "2023-04-07T21:14:40Z")
I want to know that you’ll tell me I love to stay Take me to the river, drop me in the water Push me in the river, dip me in the water Washing me down, washing me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4404 "2023-04-07T21:18:10Z")
Make up your mind Decide to walk with me Around the lake tonight Around the lake tonight By my side ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4405 "2023-04-07T21:44:01Z")
But I have walked alone, with the stars in the moonlit night I have walked alone, no one by my side Now I walk with you, with my head held high In the darkest sky, I feel so alive ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4406 "2023-04-07T22:27:32Z")
Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain For your dreams be tossed and blown Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you’ll never walk alone ---
**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:** [April 7, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4407 "2023-04-07T23:22:43Z")
If you see me walking down the street And I start to cry each time we meet Walk on by, walk on by Make believe That you don’t see the tears Just let me grieve In private 'cause each time I see you I break down and cry ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4408 "2023-04-08T04:22:52Z")
I breakdown in the middle and lose my thread No one can understand a word that I say When I breakdown just a little and lose my head Nothing I try to do can work the same way ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4409 "2023-04-08T11:59:57Z")
I thought that I was over you But it’s true, so true I love you even more Than I did before But darling, what can I do? For you don’t love me And I’ll always be ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4410 "2023-04-08T14:13:26Z")
Dry your eyes, mate I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts But you’ve got to walk away now, it’s over ---
**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:** [April 8, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4411 "2023-04-08T15:52:33Z")
I’m all cried out, I’m all cried out All my little tears are all dried out, oh yeah Now, that you say we’re through I’m all cried out over you ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4412 "2023-04-08T16:42:11Z")
Then you walk under the streetlights And you’re too drunk to notice That everyone is staring at you You just don’t care what you look like The world is falling 'round you You just have to see her You just have to see her You just have to see her You just have to see her You just have to see her You know that she’ll break you in two ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4413 "2023-04-09T00:54:11Z")
Oh, I see her face everywhere I go On the street and even at the picture show Have you seen her Tell me have you seen her Oh, I hear her voice as the cold winds blow In the sweet music on my radio Have you seen her Tell me have you seen her ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4414 "2023-04-09T04:38:49Z")
Say, has anybody seen my sweet Gypsy Rose? Here’s her picture when she was my sweet Mary Jo, Now, she’s got rings on her fingers and bells on her toes Say, has anybody seen my sweet Gypsy Rose? (Say, Has Anybody Seen My) Sweet Gypsy Rose – _Tony Orlando & Dawn_ _(they just don’t make music like that any more — more is the pity)_ _ **-“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:** [April 9, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4415 "2023-04-09T10:25:10Z")
Five foot two, eyes of blue But oh, what those five foot could do Has anybody seen my girl? Turned up nose, turned down hose Never had no other beaus Has anybody seen my girl? _Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue._ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4416 "2023-04-09T11:27:14Z")
Well, let me tell you Well, no chick made could be the same as sweet Georgia Brown Crazy feet that dance so neat as sweet Georgia Brown I tell you just why, you know I don’t lie It’s been said she knocks ‘em dead in any old town Since she came right it’s a shame how she brings ‘em down In Liverpool she even dared to criticize the Beatles’ hair With their whole fan club standin’ there, I mean sweet Georgia Brown ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4417 "2023-04-09T12:13:47Z")
Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day through) Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind (Georgia on my mind) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4418 "2023-04-09T15:08:28Z")
She came to me, said she knew me Said she’d known me a long time And she spoke of being in love With every mountain she had climbed And she talked of trails she’d walked up Far above the timber line From that night on I knew I’d write a song With Carolina in the pines ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4419 "2023-04-09T16:04:15Z")
Nothing could be finer Than to be in Carolina In the morning No one could be sweeter Than my sweetie when I meet her In the morning ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4420 "2023-04-09T21:03:28Z")
Sweet Caroline Good times never seemed so good I’ve been inclined To believe they never would But now I ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4421 "2023-04-09T21:37:36Z")
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