# 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:** 259
**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 28, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5163 "2023-06-28T22:42:25Z")
I’m gonna make it to heaven, Light up the sky like a flame. _(Fame!)_ I’m gonna live forever – Baby, remember my name. _ **-“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 29, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5164 "2023-06-29T12:18:47Z")
Like the pine trees lining the winding road I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name Like the singing bird and the croaking toad I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name And I carry it with me like my daddy did But I’m livin’ the dream That he kept hid ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5165 "2023-06-29T12:30:46Z")
Well, my daddy left home when I was three Didn’t leave very much to my mom and me Except this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze Now I don’t blame him 'cause he run and hid But the meanest thing that my daddy ever did Was before he left, he went and named me Sue ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5166 "2023-06-29T12:36:44Z")
Papa was a rolling stone Wherever he laid his hat was his home And when he died All he left us was alone ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5167 "2023-06-29T14:36:28Z")
We keep gettin’ richer But we can’t get our picture On the cover of the Rolling Stone Rolling Stone, gonna see my picture on the cover (Stone) Gonna buy five copies for my mother (Stone) Gonna see my smilin’ face On the cover of the Rolling Stone ---
**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 29, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5168 "2023-06-29T14:47:26Z")
Greta Garbo and Monroe Dietrich and DiMaggio Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean On the cover of a magazine ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5169 "2023-06-29T16:09:52Z")
[Captain Planet](https://genius.com/28919300/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Captain-planet), [Arab Spring](https://genius.com/28918493/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Arab-spring) [L.A. riots, Rodney King](https://genius.com/28919217/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/La-riots-rodney-king) [Deep fakes](https://genius.com/28918362/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Deep-fakes), [earthquakes](https://genius.com/28919350/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Earthquakes) [Iceland volcano](https://genius.com/28918627/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Iceland-volcano) [Oklahoma City bomb](https://genius.com/28918501/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Oklahoma-city-bomb) [Kurt Cobain](https://genius.com/28917825/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Kurt-cobain), [Pokémon](https://genius.com/28918010/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Pokemon) [Tiger Woods](https://genius.com/28919224/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Tiger-woods), [MySpace](https://genius.com/28918874/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Myspace) [Monsanto, GMOs](https://genius.com/28919651/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Monsanto-gmos) [Harry Potter](https://genius.com/28917776/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Harry-potter), [Twilight](https://genius.com/28917782/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Twilight) [Michael Jackson dies](https://genius.com/28918712/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Michael-jackson-dies) [Nuclear accident, Fukushima, Japan](https://genius.com/28918552/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Nuclear-accident-fukushima-japan) [Crimean peninsula](https://genius.com/28918480/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Crimean-peninsula) [Cambridge Analytica](https://genius.com/28919489/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Cambridge-analytica) [Kim Jong Un](https://genius.com/28923436/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Kim-jong-un) [Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man](https://genius.com/28918307/Fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire/Robert-downey-jr-iron-man) ---
**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 29, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5170 "2023-06-29T16:16:13Z")
And sometimes I wish I was Tiger Woods Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods Sometimes I wish I was Tiger Woods Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods I got a friend whose goal in life Was to one day go down on Madonna That’s all he wanted That was all To one day go down on Madonna ---
**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 29, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5171 "2023-06-29T20:52:54Z")
Born a natural loser I can’t recall just where Raised on brew and poker and a dollar here and there Black-jack hand dealer man you better payoff that last debt Two bit hand a twenty one that’s all I ever get Go down gamblin’ Say it when you’re running low Go down gamblin’ You may never have to go, no ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5172 "2023-06-30T12:08:06Z")
So I handed him my bottle And he drank down my last swallow Then he bummed a cigarette And asked me for a light And the night got deathly quiet And his face lost all expression Said, “If you’re gonna play the game, boy, You gotta learn to play it right.” ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5173 "2023-06-30T12:12:53Z")
Time to play the game Time to play the game! It’s all about the game, and how you play it All about control, and if you can take it It’s all about your debt, and if you can pay it It’s all about the pain, and who’s gonna make it ---
**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 30, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5174 "2023-06-30T14:53:19Z")
There was a man, a lonely man Who would command the hand he’s playing And solitaire is the only game in town ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5175 "2023-06-30T15:09:38Z")
He went to fight wars For his country and his king Of his honor and his glory The people would sing ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5176 "2023-06-30T17:30:41Z")
Do you hear the people sing, Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5177 "2023-06-30T17:56:52Z")
Time, time and again I see you staring down at me Now, then and again I wonder what it is that you see With those angry eyes Well, I bet you wish you could cut me down With those angry eyes ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5178 "2023-06-30T18:16:34Z")
You can’t hide your lyin’ eyes And your smile is a thin disguise I thought by now you’d realize There ain’t no way to hide your lyin’ eyes ---
**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 30, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5179 "2023-06-30T18:19:26Z")
I can see you ain’t foolin’ me I ain’t blind The lies in your eyes don’t disguise The tears that you cry, I’m not blind The lies in your eyes don’t disguise The lies in your eyes don’t disguise But the lies in your eyes ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5180 "2023-06-30T20:46:21Z")
Judy in disguise, well that’s what you are A lemonade pie with your brand new car Cantaloupe eyes come to me tonight Judy in disguise, with glasses ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5181 "2023-06-30T20:51:05Z")
You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Starting from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we’ll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5182 "2023-06-30T20:58:27Z")
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