# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/481 "2020-09-09T04:20:21Z")
You saw me crying in the chapel, The tears I shed were tears of joy. I know the meaning of contentment, I am happy with the Lord. Sonny Till and the Orioles, “Crying in the Chapel.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/482 "2020-09-09T12:16:08Z")
So hard finding inspiration I knew you’d find me crying Tell those girls with rifles for minds That their jokes don’t make me laugh They only make me feel like dying In an _unguarded moment_ –The Church ---
**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:** [September 9, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/483 "2020-09-09T12:39:22Z")
_The sun ain’t gonna shine anymore_ The moon ain’t gonna rise in the sky The tears are always cloudin’ your eyes When you’re without love The Walker Brothers ---
**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:** [September 16, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/484 "2020-09-16T21:22:19Z")
You used to be my sweet milk, now, you sour on me Since we’re not together, you’re not sweet like you used to be That’s why I’m walkin’, walkin’ my blues away Well, the sun gonna shine, in my backdoor some day _Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee_ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/485 "2020-09-16T22:28:33Z")
Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy, Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch. Imagination sets in, pretty soon I’m singin’, Doo, doo, doo, lookin’ out my back door. Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Lookin Out My Back Door.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/486 "2020-09-16T22:39:44Z")
But in the depth of a dream Where the grass is always so green And the sky is always blue I’m escaping silently I’m rejecting violently This world for something new Imagination Living mental isolation Imagination Imagination Far from your contamination Drifting in my inner space Imagination Sad Lovers And Giants - Imagination ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/487 "2020-09-17T04:27:58Z")
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true. Out of all the fellows in the world she belongs to me. But it was just my imagination, Runnin’ away with me. It was just my imagination running away with me. Temptations - _Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/488 "2020-09-17T05:19:13Z")
Imagine there’s no countries, It isn’t hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for, And no religion, too. Imagine all the people, Living life in peace… John Lennon, “Imagine.” ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/489 "2020-09-17T13:33:28Z")
Oh, I marched to the battle of New Orleans At the end of the early British war The young land started growing The young blood started flowing But I ain’t marching anymore Phil Ochs, “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/490 "2020-09-17T15:04:49Z")
There is no enemy There are no sides that we can take No cause and no effect There is no flag that we can wave There is no uniform No uniform that we will wear No colors anymore There is nobody we can hate The Comsat Angels, “There Is No Enemy” ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/491 "2020-09-17T18:58:08Z")
There’ll be no mutant enemy we shall certify Political ends, as sad remains will die Yes, “And You And I” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/492 "2020-09-17T19:23:23Z")
All we are trying to say Is we are all we’ve got You and me just cannot fail If we never, never stop The Moody Blues, “You and Me” ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/493 "2020-09-17T21:01:55Z")
You and I travel to the beat of a different drum Oh, can’t you tell by the way I run Every time you make eyes at me? Whoa You cry and moan and say it will work out But honey child I’ve got my doubts You can’t see the forest for the trees Linda Rondstadt - _Different Drum_ ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/494 "2020-09-17T22:16:44Z")
I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree _Paul Robeson. Trees_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/495 "2020-09-18T00:00:57Z")
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there; From joy the holy branches start, And all the trembling flowers they bear. The changing colours of its fruit Have dowered the stars with merry light; The surety of its hidden root Has planted quiet in the night; The shaking of its leafy head Has given the waves their melody, And made my lips and music wed, Murmuring a wizard song for thee. Loreena McKennitt - The Two Trees ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/496 "2020-09-18T01:04:41Z")
He’s a pinball wizard, there has to be a twist. A pinball wizard – he’s got such a supple wrist. How do you think he does it? I don’t know. What makes him so good? The Who - _Pinball Wizard_ _ **-“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:** [September 19, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/497 "2020-09-19T01:33:14Z")
[Sandra Day left a better day But that can’t be the extent of our legac-ay](https://genius.com/Notorious-rbg-rbguicy-lyrics#note-8466008) [Uh, damn right I’m gonna speak my mind Cause if we can’t move ahead then we’re behind](https://genius.com/Notorious-rbg-rbguicy-lyrics#note-8466013) But it’s all good RBGuicy - “The Notorious RBG” ---
**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:** [September 19, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/498 "2020-09-19T08:42:01Z")
Sandra Day, you are the one Only you beneath the moon and under the sun _Cole Porter (with apologies)_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/499 "2020-09-19T12:44:26Z")
With her killer graces and her secret places that no boy can fill With her hands on her hips, oh, and that smile on her lips because she knows that it kills me With her soft French cream, standing in that doorway like a dream, I wish she’d just leave me alone Because French cream won’t soften them boots and French kisses will not break that heart of stone With her long hair falling and her eyes that shine like a midnight sun Whoa-oh, she’s the one _She’s the one_ Bruce Springsteen ---
**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:** [September 19, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/500 "2020-09-19T13:50:16Z")
She’s a _Killer Queen_ Gunpowder, gelatine Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime Queen [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=26)