# 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:** 225
**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 17, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4482 "2023-04-17T10:36:11Z")
Tchaikovsky? I love Russian composers There’s [Maliszewski](https://genius.com/11342195/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Maliszewski), [Rubinstein](https://genius.com/11342229/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Rubinstein), [Arensky](https://genius.com/11343883/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Arensky), and [Tchaikovsky](https://genius.com/11342263/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Tchaikovsky) [Sapellnikoff](https://genius.com/11349510/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Sapellnikoff), [Dmitriev](https://genius.com/11349555/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Dmitriev), [Tcherepnin](https://genius.com/11346375/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Tcherepnin), [Kryzhanovsky](https://genius.com/11349565/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Kryzhanovsky) [Godowsky](https://genius.com/11342296/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Godowsky), [Artsybushev](https://genius.com/11349656/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Artsybushev), [Moniuszko](https://genius.com/11349665/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Moniuszko), [Akimenko](https://genius.com/11349685/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Akimenko) [Soloviev](https://genius.com/11349703/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Soloviev), [Prokofiev](https://genius.com/11342339/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Prokofiev), [Tiomkin](https://genius.com/11342396/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Tiomkin), [Koreshchenko](https://genius.com/11349711/Danny-kaye-tchaikovsky-and-other-russians/Koreshchenko) ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4483 "2023-04-17T13:50:13Z")
Been away so long, I hardly knew the place Gee, it’s good to be back home Leave it 'til tomorrow to unpack my case Honey, disconnect the phone I’m back in the U-S-S-R You don’t know how lucky you are, boy Back in the U-S, back in the U-S-S-R ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4484 "2023-04-17T16:20:34Z")
Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner But he knew it couldn’t last Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona For some California grass Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back Jojo Go home ---
**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 17, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4485 "2023-04-17T18:09:34Z")
You better get back, Honky Cat Living in the city ain’t a-where it’s at It’s like, trying to find gold in a silver mine It’s like trying to drink whiskey Oh, from a bottle of wine ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4486 "2023-04-17T18:12:35Z")
I met a gin-soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis She tried to take me upstairs for a ride She had to heave me right across her shoulder 'Cause I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind It’s the honky tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4487 "2023-04-18T02:02:23Z")
It was’t God who made honky-tonk angels As you said in the words of your song Too many times married men think they’re still single That has caused many a good girl to go wrong ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4488 "2023-04-18T02:59:45Z")
Cigarettes create the smoke that hides the lonesome in his eyes The jukebox plays Hank, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” Dance floor holds the folks trying to forget who they are And that’s what happens in every little honky-tonk bar ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4489 "2023-04-18T03:19:41Z")
Don’t rock the jukebox, I wanna hear some Jones, ‘Cause my heart ain’t ready for the Rolling Stones. I don’t feel like rockin’ since my baby’s gone. So don’t rock the jukebox – play me a country song. Don’t Rock the Jukebox – _Alan Jackson_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4490 "2023-04-18T06:37:00Z")
How does it feel To be without a home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone? ---
**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 18, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4491 "2023-04-18T12:33:54Z")
Well, they’ll stone you when you’re trying to be so good They’ll stone you just like they said they would They’ll stone you when you’re trying to go home And they’ll stone you when you’re there all alone But I would not feel so all alone Everybody must get stoned ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4492 "2023-04-18T14:54:23Z")
Can you surry, can you picnic? Can you surry, can you picnic? Come on, come on and surry down to a stoned soul picnic. ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4493 "2023-04-18T15:02:50Z")
Well, I saw it advertised one day That the Bear Mountain picnic was comin’ my way “Come along and take a trip, we’ll bring you up there on a ship Bring the wife and family, bring the whole kids”, yippee ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4494 "2023-04-18T15:09:52Z")
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains You never change your socks And the little streams of alcohol Come trickling down the rocks The brakemen have to tip their hats And the railway bulls are blind There’s a lake of stew And of whiskey too ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4495 "2023-04-18T15:39:57Z")
Spent the last year Rocky Mountain Way Couldn’t get much higher Out to pasture Think it’s safe to say Time to open fire ---
**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 18, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4496 "2023-04-18T16:16:09Z")
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky I know he’d be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly Rocky Mountain high ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4497 "2023-04-18T17:03:34Z")
Now somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon And one day his woman ran off with another guy Hit young Rocky in the eye ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4498 "2023-04-18T19:39:42Z")
Lost my heart in the black hills The black hills of Dakota Where the pines are so high That they kiss the sky above ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4499 "2023-04-18T19:45:14Z")
Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don’t seem the same Actin’ funny but I don’t know why 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4500 "2023-04-18T22:00:40Z")
You’ve blown it all sky high By telling me a lie Without a reason why You’ve blown it all sky high ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4501 "2023-04-18T22:08:31Z")
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