# 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:** 243
**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 23, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4842 "2023-05-23T09:23:30Z")
I know a man He came from my home town He wore his passion for his woman Like a thorny crown He said Delores I live in fear My love for you’s so overpowering I’m afraid that I will disappear Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4843 "2023-05-23T12:22:51Z")
Are you comin’ with me? Come let me take you on a party ride And i’ll teach you, teach you, teach you I’ll teach you the electric slide ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4844 "2023-05-23T16:38:36Z")
Well, you don’t know what we can find Why don’t you come with me little girl On a magic carpet ride You don’t know what we can see Why don’t you tell your dreams to me Fantasy will set you free Close your eyes girl Look inside girl Let the sound take you away ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4845 "2023-05-23T17:00:04Z")
The mountain is high, the valley is low And you’re confused 'bout which to go So I flew in to give you a hand And lead you into, the promised land Come on and take a free ride (Free ride) Come on and take it by my side Come on and take a free ride! ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4846 "2023-05-23T17:27:15Z")
The lock upon my garden gate’s a snail, that’s what it is The lock upon my garden gate’s a snail, that’s what it is First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is The caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within Caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4847 "2023-05-23T17:37:54Z")
In and around the lake Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there One mile over, we’ll be there and we’ll see you Ten true summers, we’ll be there and laughing, too Twenty-four before my love, you’ll see I’ll be there with you ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4848 "2023-05-23T17:50:51Z")
(All summer long you’ve been with me) I can’t see enough of you (All summer long we’ve both been free) Won’t be long til summer time is through (Summer time is through) Not for us now ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4849 "2023-05-23T17:52:42Z")
Meet me in the summer time We can move the air Sweet Virginia countryside I will meet you there ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4850 "2023-05-23T18:02:58Z")
I’ll meet you halfway, that’s better than no way There must be some way to get it together And if there’s some way, I know that some day We just might work it out forever ---
**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 23, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4851 "2023-05-23T18:27:44Z")
Well now meet me in the bottom Bring me my running shoes Yeah now, meet me in the bottom Bring me my running shoes When I come out the window, baby I don’t have no time to lose ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4852 "2023-05-23T18:31:05Z")
Meet me at the bottom, don’t lag behind Bring me my boots and shoes You can hang back or fight your best on the front line Sing a little bit of these workingman’s blues ---
**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 23, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4853 "2023-05-23T19:53:30Z")
> [@llikewise](#): > > I’ll meet you halfway, that’s better than no way > There must be some way to get it together > And if there’s some way, I know that some day > We just might work it out forever And, now, in my mind, I’m a kid, listening to that song on my record player (I owned that album)! In play: Somebody bring me some water Can’t you see I’m burning alive? Can’t you see my baby’s Got another lover? I don’t know how I’m gonna survive Somebody bring me some water Can’t you see it’s out of control? Baby’s got my heart And my baby’s got my mind But tonight the sweet devil Sweet devil’s got my soul ---
**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 23, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4854 "2023-05-23T19:59:53Z")
Baby’s on fire Better throw her in the water Look at her laughing Like a heifer to the slaughter Baby’s on fire And all the laughing boys are bitching Waiting for photos Oh the plot is so bewitching ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4855 "2023-05-24T04:54:38Z")
To my surprise, one hundred stories high People getting loose y’all, getting down on the roof Folks are screaming, out of control It was so entertaining when the boogie started to explode I heard somebody say {Burn baby burn) disco inferno (Burn baby burn) burn that mother down (Burn baby burn) disco inferno (Burn baby burn) burn that mother down (Burnin’!) ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4856 "2023-05-24T12:26:01Z")
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4857 "2023-05-24T14:44:24Z")
You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Girl, we couldn’t get much higher … Come on, baby, light my fire Come on, baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire _Light My Fire. The Doors_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4858 "2023-05-24T14:49:00Z")
Listen here baby An’ stop actin’ so crazy You say your mom ain’t home, it ain’t my concern Just don’t play with me And you won’t get burned I have only one itchin’ desire Let me stand next to your fire ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4859 "2023-05-24T14:58:15Z")
Hey little girl is your daddy home Did he go away and leave you all alone I got a bad desire I’m on fire ---
**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 24, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4860 "2023-05-24T15:02:47Z")
Lover, I’m off the streets I’m gonna go where the bright lights and the big city meet With a red guitar, on fire Desire ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4861 "2023-05-24T15:26:40Z")
Bright light city gonna set my soul Gonna set my soul on fire Got a whole lot of money that’s ready to burn So get those stakes up higher There’s a thousand pretty women waitin’ out there And they’re all livin’ the devil may care And I’m just the devil with love to spare, so Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=242) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=244)