# 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:** 229
**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 24, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4562 "2023-04-24T17:23:48Z")
Til you take me down (Take me down) You better take me down (Take me down) Take me down to the little white church ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4563 "2023-04-24T18:27:48Z")
Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home (oh, won’t you please take me home) ---
**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 24, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4564 "2023-04-24T19:46:19Z")
Let me take you down 'Cause I’m going to strawberry fields Nothing is real And nothing to get hung about Strawberry fields forever ---
**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 24, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4565 "2023-04-24T20:36:31Z")
So, how can you tell me you’re lonely? And say for you that the sun don’t shine? Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of London Show you something to make you change your mind _Streets of London. Ralph McTell_ ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4566 "2023-04-24T20:56:58Z")
Clock of St. James, Clock of St. James, Like an eye in the sky looking deep in my brain Seeing my weakness, seeing my shame Where can I hide from the Clock of St. James? ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4567 "2023-04-24T21:48:15Z")
Winchester Cathedral You’re bringing me down You stood and you watched as My baby left town You could have done something But you didn’t try You didn’t do nothing You let her walk by. ---
**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, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4568 "2023-04-24T22:30:41Z")
Ahh you’ve gone to the finest schools, alright Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it Nobody’s ever taught you how to live out on the street And now you’re gonna have to get used to it You say you never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize He’s not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say do you want to make a deal? ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4569 "2023-04-25T02:52:28Z")
Lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely I have nobody for my own Now I am so lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely Wish I had someone to call on the phone ---
**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 25, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4570 "2023-04-25T06:55:09Z")
Lonely, Lonely, Tin can at my feet. Think I`ll kick it down the street, That`s the way to treat a friend Broken windows and empty hall ways Pale dead moon in a sky streaked with grey Human kindness is overflowing And I think it`s going to rain today ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4571 "2023-04-25T11:33:39Z")
When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4572 "2023-04-25T11:51:20Z")
Come to my door, baby, face is clean and shining black as night My mother went to answer, you know that you looked so fine Now I could understand your tears and your shame She called you “boy” instead of your name When she wouldn’t let you inside When she turned and said, “but honey, he’s not our kind” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4573 "2023-04-25T14:53:07Z")
She’ll let you in her house If you come knocking late at night She’ll let you in her mouth If the words you say are right If you pay the price She’ll let you deep inside But there’s a secret garden she hides ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4574 "2023-04-25T14:57:24Z")
Why don’t we do it in the road? Why don’t we do it in the road? No one will be watching us Why don’t we do it in the road? ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4575 "2023-04-25T15:04:41Z")
Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad, hey hey hey, yeah Don’t wanna be treated this a way ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4576 "2023-04-25T15:08:31Z")
You know the first time I traveled Out in the rain and snow In the rain and snow You know the first time I traveled Out in the rain and snow In the rain and snow I didn’t have no payroll Not even no place to go ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4577 "2023-04-25T15:21:08Z")
I was following the pack, all swaddled in their coats With scarves of red tied ‘round their throats To keep their little heads from fallin’ in the snow And I turned 'round and there you go And, Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow Red as strawberries in the summertime ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4578 "2023-04-25T17:51:55Z")
I will follow him Follow him wherever he may go There isn’t an ocean too deep Or mountain so high it can keep Keep me away ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4579 "2023-04-25T21:50:18Z")
Follow me, Everything is alright. I’ll be the one to tuck you in at night. And if you want to leave I can guarantee, You won’t find nobody else like me. Follow Me – _Uncle Kracker_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4580 "2023-04-25T21:53:55Z")
I will follow you, will you Follow me, all the Days and nights that we Know will be, I will Stay with you, will you Stay with me, just one Single tear in each Passing year ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4581 "2023-04-26T03:42:35Z")
People stay just a little bit longer We want to play, just a little bit longer Now the promoter don’t mind And the union don’t mind If we take a little time And we leave it all behind and sing One more song Oh won’t you stay Just a little bit longer Please please please, say you will Say you will [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=228) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=230)