# 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:** 250
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4982 "2023-06-09T15:52:16Z")
When I’m calling you Oo-oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo Will you answer too? Oo-oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo That means I offer my love to you to be your own If you refuse me I will be blue, waiting all alone ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4983 "2023-06-09T19:54:55Z")
One Song, I have but one song One song, only for youuuuuuuu ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4984 "2023-06-09T20:46:25Z")
Who can fly my heart like a bamboo kite Make it twirl and gyrate just like a gyro delight Only you can oh ho only you ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4985 "2023-06-09T20:58:30Z")
Who can take a sunrise Sprinkle it with dew Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two The Candy Man The Candy Man can The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4986 "2023-06-09T21:57:59Z")
If lust and hate is the candy If blood and love taste so sweet Then we give 'em what they want Hey hey give 'em what they want ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4987 "2023-06-09T23:43:49Z")
Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas Everybody’s looking for something Some of them want to use you Some of them want to get used by you Some of them want to abuse you Some of them want to be abused ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4988 "2023-06-10T00:57:48Z")
This is the time when you need a friend You just need someone near I’m not looking forward to the night I’ll spend Thinking of you when you’re not here How many times will I think about the things I’d like to do Always denied the right to live my life the way I want? I wanna share it with you Close your eyes, I wanna ride the skies in my sweet dreams Close your eyes, I wanna see you tonight in my sweet dreams ---
**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:** [June 10, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4989 "2023-06-10T01:23:45Z")
Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you Tomorrow I’ll miss you Remember I’ll always be true And then while I’m away, I’ll write home every day And I’ll send all my loving to you ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4990 "2023-06-11T14:27:02Z")
The sun’ll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There’ll be sun! Just thinkin’ about Tomorrow Clears away the cobwebs, And the sorrow 'Til there’s none! _Tomorrow from ‘Annie’_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4991 "2023-06-11T14:33:00Z")
Come out Virginia Don’t make me wait The Catholic girls start much too late Sooner or later It comes down to fate I might as well be the one ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4992 "2023-06-11T15:14:08Z")
But come on, come on down Sweet Virginia Come on, honey child, beg you Come on, come on down, you got it in ya Got to scrape the shit right off your shoes ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4993 "2023-06-11T15:18:20Z")
Sweet Caroline Good times never seemed so good I’ve been inclined To believe they never would ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4994 "2023-06-11T15:37:08Z")
Sweet Mary sent a letter to me She say to "Hurry home I need you right away. I’ve got a stomach full of love And I’m all alone All of the day ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4995 "2023-06-11T16:03:07Z")
Jesse come home, there’s a hole in the bed Where we slept; now it’s growing cold. Jesse your face, in the place where we lay By the hearth, all apart, it hangs on my heart And I’m leaving the light on the stairs No I’m not scared; I wait for you Hey Jesse, it’s lonely, come 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:** [June 11, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4996 "2023-06-11T16:07:31Z")
Bed’s too big without you The cold wind blows right through that open door I can’t sleep with your memory Dreaming dreams of what used to be ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4997 "2023-06-11T17:26:57Z")
My old man Keeping away my blues But when he’s gone Me and them lonesome blues collide The bed’s too big The frying pan’s too wide ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4998 "2023-06-11T18:08:44Z")
Sleeping single in a double bed Thinking over things I wish I’d said I should have held you but I let you go Now I’m the one sleeping all alone, oh ---
**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:** [June 11, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/4999 "2023-06-11T19:42:07Z")
S-s-s-single bed S-single bed There ain’t no room For your sweet head S-s-s-single bed S-single bed I got a one solitary Lonesome Single Bed ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5000 "2023-06-12T05:03:52Z")
Well, my baby she’s long, my baby she’s tall She sleeps with her head in the kitchen And her feets out in the hall And I’m crazy ’bout her That hardheaded woman of mine ---
**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:** [June 12, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5001 "2023-06-12T06:07:26Z")
I need a woman 'bout twice my height Statuesque, raven-tressed, a goddess of the night A secret incantation, candle burning blue We’ll consult the spirits, maybe they’ll know what to do [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=251)