# 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:** 228
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4542 "2023-04-22T00:51:02Z")
We were, waist deep in the Big Muddy And the big fool said to push on. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4543 "2023-04-22T13:46:03Z")
Oh, I’m no fool, no siree I want to live to be ninety-three I play safe for you and me 'Cause I’m no fool! I’m No Fool – _Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Cliff Edwards)_, from the original MIckey Mouse Club TV shows _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4544 "2023-04-22T16:15:39Z")
And I’ll run in the rain till I’m breathless When I’m breathless I’ll run 'til I drop, hey! And the thoughts of a fool’s kind of careless I’m just a fool waiting on the wrong block, oh yeah ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4545 "2023-04-22T17:25:53Z")
Yes, everybody’s somebody’s fool Everybody’s somebody’s plaything And there are no exceptions to the rule Yes, everybody’s somebody’s fool ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4546 "2023-04-22T17:37:37Z")
She had a place in his life He never made her think twice As he rises to her apology Anybody else would surely know He’s watching her go But what a fool believes, he sees No wise man has the power to reason away What seems to be Is always better than nothing Than nothing at all ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4547 "2023-04-22T18:33:56Z")
Fool if you think it’s over ‘Cause you said goodbye Fool if you think it’s over I’ll tell you why New born eyes always cry with pain At the first look at the mornin’ sun Fool if you think it’s over It’s just begun ---
**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 22, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4548 "2023-04-22T20:02:53Z")
Don’t say it’s over Don’t say it’s broken Tell me that we’ll be alright Tell me you’ll stay one more night Don’t say it’s too late Just say it’s okay Tell me that we could pretend Tell me that it’s not the end Don’t say it’s over ---
**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:** [April 22, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4549 "2023-04-22T20:25:01Z")
There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch a deluge in a paper cup There’s a battle ahead, many battles are lost But you’ll never see the end of the road While you’re traveling with me Hey now, hey now, don’t dream it’s over Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in They come, they come to build a wall between us We know they won’t win ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4550 "2023-04-22T23:23:22Z")
Look out baby, the saints are comin’ through And it’s all over now, baby blue ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4551 "2023-04-23T00:49:27Z")
Guess I got what I deserved Kept you waiting there too long, my love All that time, without a word Did you really think that I’d forget And regret The special love I have for you My baby blue ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4552 "2023-04-23T09:31:56Z")
Blue, blue, my world is blue Blue is my world since I′m without you Grey, grey, my life is grey Cold is my heart since you went away _Love Is Blue. Marty Robbins_ ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4553 "2023-04-23T09:55:05Z")
Blue Songs are like tattoos You know I’ve been to sea before Crown and anchor me Or let me sail away ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4554 "2023-04-23T11:12:44Z")
I went down last night with a tattoo madam To a nude dagger fantasy domain Wrapped in hell, I lost my breath Chest to stimulating Chinese breast ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4555 "2023-04-23T16:54:16Z")
I saw werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fooks For to get a big dish of beef chow mein ---
**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:** [April 23, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4556 "2023-04-23T17:03:28Z")
You get a shiver in the dark It’s raining in the park, but meantime South of the river, you stop, and you hold everything A band is blowing Dixie, double-four time You feel alright when you hear the music ring ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4557 "2023-04-23T17:43:42Z")
I’ve seen the bright lights of Memphis and the Commodore Hotel And underneath a street lamp, I met a Southern Belle Well, she took me to the river where she casts her spell And in that southern moonlight, she sang the song so well If you’ll be my Dixie Chicken, I’ll be your Tennessee Lamb And we can walk together down in Dixieland Down in Dixieland ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4558 "2023-04-23T20:40:08Z")
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:** ![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 24, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4559 "2023-04-24T08:22:19Z")
> [@llikewise](#): > > He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fooks > For to get a big dish of beef chow mein There actually was a Chinese restaurant called ‘Lee Ho Fook’ in London (it closed in 2008) – but at the time the song was written, beef chow mein was not a menu item. **IN PLAY** : “You reminded me of brighter days.” “I hoped you were coming home to stay. I was headed to church.” “I was off to drink you away.” Picture – _Kid Rock/Sheryl Crow_ _ **-“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:** [April 24, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4560 "2023-04-24T11:50:14Z")
Take me to church I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies I’ll tell you my sins, and you can sharpen your knife Offer me that deathless death Oh, good God, let me give you my life ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4561 "2023-04-24T14:02:00Z")
Get me to the church on time (Church on time) Terrifies me (Church on time) Makes me party (Church on time) Puts my faith in God and man [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=227) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=229)