# 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:** 253
**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:** [June 15, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5042 "2023-06-15T18:41:42Z")
My girlfriend’s run off with my car And gone back to her ma and pa Tellin’ tales of drunkenness and cruelty Now I’m sittin’ here Sippin’ at my ice cold beer Lazin’ on a sunny afternoon ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5043 "2023-06-15T18:44:36Z")
'Cause I get home at five o’clock And I take myself out an ice cold beer Always seem to be wondering Why there’s nothing going down here It seems to me I could live my life A lot better than I think I am I guess that’s why they call me The working man ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5044 "2023-06-15T23:40:30Z")
Workin’ for a livin’ (Workin’) Workin’ for a livin’ (Workin’) Workin’ for a livin’, livin’ and workin’ I’m taking what they’re giving ‘cause I’m workin’ for a livin’ ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5045 "2023-06-16T00:01:46Z")
I been ballin’ a shiny black steel jack-hammer Been chippin’ up rocks for the great highway Live five years if I take my time Ballin’ that jack and a drinkin’ my wine. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5046 "2023-06-16T02:46:24Z")
Get your motor running Head out on that highway Looking for adventure And whatever comes our way ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5047 "2023-06-16T04:25:31Z")
So open up your eyes, I got a big surprise, It’ll feel all right, C’mon I wanna make your motor run. Paradise by the Dashboard Light – _Meat Loaf_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5048 "2023-06-16T11:15:27Z")
Touch that dial Turn me on Start me like a motor, make me run Lovin’ every minute of it (Lovin’) Lovin’ every minute of it ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5049 "2023-06-16T11:37:06Z")
That’s right, folks… Don’t touch that dial Well, I am the slime from your video Oozin’ along on your living room floor I am the slime from your video ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5050 "2023-06-16T12:06:11Z")
Uh-uh, don’t touch that dial! I must offer to you a confession I like movies that give me a fright If the subject is horror, I got to see more or I won’t be contented all night You may call it my ghoulish obsession It’s a subject on which I get chatty But the worst one it seems, haunting all of my dreams Was the cockroach that ate Cincinnati! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5051 "2023-06-16T14:01:51Z")
Baby, if you’ve ever wondered Wondered what ever became of me I’m living on the air in Cincinnati Cincinnati WKRP Got kinda tired of packin’ and unpackin’, Town to town, up and down the dial Maybe you and me were never meant to be, Just maybe think of me once in awhile. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5052 "2023-06-16T15:39:02Z")
Whatever happened to theme songs with words on TV? (Excluding The Big Bang Theory.) ♫ ♫ ♫ Now this is the story all about how, My life got flipped - turned upside down, And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there, I’ll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air. ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5053 "2023-06-16T17:43:23Z")
Well the first thing you know ol’ Jed’s a millionaire, The kinfolk said “Jed move away from there” Said “Californy is the place you ought to be” So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly Hills, that is. Swimmin’ pools, movie stars. ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5054 "2023-06-16T19:50:48Z")
Beverly Hills That’s where I want to be (Gimme-gimme, gimme-gimme) Living in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Rolling like a celebrity (Gimme-gimme, gimme-gimme) Living in Beverly Hills ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5055 "2023-06-16T22:40:04Z")
Let me tell you what I do I sit here in this chair I pour myself some whiskey And watch my troubls vanish into the air Rollin’, rollin’ Ain’t gonna worry no more Rollin’, rollin’ Ain’t gonna worry no more _Rollin’. Randy newman_ ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5056 "2023-06-16T22:42:18Z")
We could’ve had it all (You’re gonna wish you never had met me) Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep) You had my heart inside of your hand (You’re gonna wish you never had met me) And you played it to the beat (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep) ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5057 "2023-06-16T22:44:53Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Whatever happened to theme songs with words on TV? (Out of play: producers and networks frown on them now, due to a belief that viewers have shorter attention spans than they used to. It’s felt that a long theme song distracts from the show, and encourages viewers to change channels. [Cite](https://www.looper.com/203833/the-real-reason-there-arent-tv-show-theme-songs-anymore/)) ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5058 "2023-06-16T22:48:23Z")
Roll in my sweet baby’s arms Roll in my sweet baby’s arms Lay around the shack ’til the mail comes back And I’ll roll in my sweet baby’s arms ---
**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:** [June 17, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5059 "2023-06-17T01:16:28Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Rebo](#): > > > > Whatever happened to theme songs with words on TV? > > (Out of play – producers and networks frown on them now, due to a belief that viewers have shorter attention spans than they used to. It’s felt that a long theme song distracts from the show, and encourages viewers to change channels. [Cite](https://www.looper.com/203833/the-real-reason-there-arent-tv-show-theme-songs-anymore/)) Yet the streaming services promote binge-watching, and even ordinary cable TV channels have marathons devoted to things like the Harry Potter, James Bond, Karate Kid, Toy Story, Back to the Future, or selected movies by specific directors (think Mel Brooks’ comedies) – and Catchy TV (which used to be ‘Decades TV’) runs weekend programming featuring shows like Happy Days, Newhart, Taxi, Wild Wild West, and others running in sequence starting with the first one and going in order from there. So they must think people have SOME sort of attention span. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5060 "2023-06-17T04:23:07Z")
I’ll be here when you’re ready To roll with the changes Roll with the changes ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5061 "2023-06-17T15:57:19Z")
(Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes) turn and face the strange (ch-ch-changes) Don’t wanna be a richer man (Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes) turn and face the strange (ch-ch-changes) Just gonna have to be a different man Time may change me but I can’t trace time [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=252) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=254)