# 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:** 235
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4682 "2023-05-06T00:34:07Z")
War, children It’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away War, children It’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4683 "2023-05-06T05:59:02Z")
Bang bang, he shot me down Bang bang, I hit the ground Bang bang, that awful sound Bang bang, my baby shot me down ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4684 "2023-05-06T12:09:15Z")
In the nick of time, a hero arose – A funny-looking dog with a big black nose. He flew into the sky to seek revenge, But the Baron shot him down. _(“Curses! Foiled again!”)_ Snoopy vs. the Red Baron – _The Royal Guardsmen_ _ **-“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:** [May 6, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4685 "2023-05-06T14:21:17Z")
I shot the sheriff, but I didn’t shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! I shot the sheriff, but I didn’t shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh Yeah! All around in my home town, They’re tryin’ to track me down, They say they want to bring me in guilty For the killing of a deputy, For the life of a deputy, but I say Oh, now, now, oh! I shot the sheriff, the sheriff But I swear it was in self defense Oh, no! Oh, oh, ooh Yeah, I say, I shot the sheriff oh, Lord! And they say it is a capital offense Yeah! oh, oh, ooh Yeah! _I Shot the Sheriff. Bob Marley and the Wailers_ ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4686 "2023-05-06T14:39:08Z")
I’m a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and I’m gone for good I’m a wanted man in Texas, busted jail and I’m gone for good Well, the sheriff couldn’t catch me But his little girl sure wished she would ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4687 "2023-05-06T15:12:57Z")
Got up next mornin’ and I grabbed that gun Took a shot of cocaine and away I run Made a good run but I ran too slow They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico Late in the hot joints takin’ the pills In walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill He said, “Will E. Lee, your name is not Jack Brown You’re the dirty heck that shot your woman down” ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4688 "2023-05-06T15:16:08Z")
I went home with the waitress The way I always do How was I to know She was with the Russians too? I was gambling in Havana I took a little risk Send lawyers, guns, and money Dad, get me out of this Ha! ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4689 "2023-05-06T15:30:05Z")
Beware of pretty faces that you find A pretty face can hide an evil mind Oh, be careful what you say, Or you will give yourself away Odds are you won’t live to see tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4690 "2023-05-06T18:22:17Z")
Down in the bars the girls are painted blue Done up in lace, done up in rubber The johns are jerky little GI Joes On R&R from Cuba and Russia The smell of sex, the smell of suicide All these things I can’t keep inside ---
**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:** [May 6, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4691 "2023-05-06T19:19:04Z")
Shattered, shattered Love and hope and sex and dreams are still surviving on the streets And look at me, I’m in tatters I’m shattered Shattered ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4692 "2023-05-07T10:04:46Z")
Weren’t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? You think I’d crumble? You think I’d lay down and die? Oh no, not I, I will survive Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive I’ve got all my life to live And I’ve got all my love to give and I’ll survive I will survive, ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4693 "2023-05-07T11:04:34Z")
Dawn is breaking everywhere Light a candle, curse the glare Draw the curtains, I don’t care 'Cause it’s alright I will get by I will get by I will get by I will survive ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4694 "2023-05-07T17:05:34Z")
It’s the eye of the tiger It’s the thrill of the fight Rising up to the challenge of our rival And the last known survivor Stalks his prey in the night And he’s watching us all with the eye of the tiger ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4695 "2023-05-07T20:58:23Z")
I’ve got a tiger by the tail, it’s plain to see I won’t be much when you get through with me Well, I’m losing weight and turnin’ mighty pale Looks like I’ve got a tiger by the tail ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4696 "2023-05-07T21:41:01Z")
Can’t you see, whoa, can’t you see What that woman, Lord, she been doin’ to me Can’t you see, can’t you see What that woman, she been doin’ to me ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4697 "2023-05-07T21:43:26Z")
Well, here’s a poke at you You’re gonna choke on it too You’re gonna lose that smile Because all the while I can see for miles and miles I can see for miles and miles I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles Oh, yeah ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4698 "2023-05-07T21:44:59Z")
Well I would walk five hundred miles And I would walk five hundred more Just to be the man who walks a thousand mile Then falls down at your door ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4699 "2023-05-07T21:51:38Z")
Mammy-- Mammy, I’m comin’– I’m so sorry that I made you wait! Mammy-- Mammy, I’m comin’! Oh God, I hope I’m not late! Look at me, Mammy! Don’t you know me? I’m your little baby! I’d walk a million miles For one of your smiles, My Mammy! _My Mammy. Al Jolson_ ---
**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:** [May 7, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4700 "2023-05-07T21:56:42Z")
Somewhere in her smile, she knows That I don’t need no other lover Something in her style that shows me I don’t want to leave her now You know I believe and how ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4701 "2023-05-08T01:20:40Z")
I believe for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows. I believe that somewhere in the darkest night, a candle glows. I Believe – _Frankie Laine_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=236)