# 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:** 260
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5183 "2023-06-30T22:16:01Z")
Sleeping in my car, I will undress you Sleeping in my car, I will caress you Sleeping in the back seat of my car Making love to 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 30, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5184 "2023-06-30T22:23:47Z")
I can’t remember the inane things I started babbling about then I know it didn’t really matter, she wasn’t listening She just yanked up on the emergency brake Dropped her seat back and told me to lie on top of her On top of those leather pants of hers Her hands immediately guiding mine over those soft, slightly oily folds Positioning my fingers on the shiny metal tab Small and round like a tear ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5185 "2023-07-01T04:52:43Z")
Wendy, let me in, I wanna be your friend I wanna guard your dreams and visions Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims And strap your hands 'cross my engines Together we could break this trap We’ll run 'til we drop, baby, we’ll never go back ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5186 "2023-07-01T15:53:13Z")
I am your Angel of Music Come to me, Angel of Music ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5187 "2023-07-03T13:32:23Z")
Come together, right now Over me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5188 "2023-07-03T13:53:16Z")
Come on, people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another right now ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5189 "2023-07-03T14:21:39Z")
Oh, well, c’mon everybody and let’s get together tonight I got some money in my jeans, and I’m really gonna spend it right Well, I’ve been a doin’ my homework all the week long And now, the house is empty and the folks are gone Ooh, c’mon everybody ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5190 "2023-07-03T14:34:21Z")
Well, come on let’s go Let’s go, let’s go, little darlin’ And tell me that you’ll never leave me Come on, come on, let’s go, ah Again, again and again Well, now Swing me, swing me All the way down there Come on let’s go, little darlin’ Let’s go, let’s go again once more ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5191 "2023-07-03T15:43:42Z")
Come on everyone we gotta get together now Oh yeah, love’s the only thing that matters anyhow And the beauty of life can only survive If we love one another Oh yeah yesterday my friends were marching out to war Oh yeah listen now we ain’t a marching anymore No we ain’t gonna fight Only God has the right To decide who’s to live and die ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5192 "2023-07-03T15:59:37Z")
Don’t step out of this house if that’s the clothes you’re gonna wear I’ll kick you out of my home if you don’t cut that hair Your mom busted in and said, what’s that noise? Aw, mom you’re just jealous it’s the Beastie Boys You gotta fight for your right to party You gotta fight for your right to party ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5193 "2023-07-03T16:00:53Z")
Dad, I love you But you don’t know the first thing about Rock and Roll! ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5194 "2023-07-03T19:26:40Z")
You can’t depend on your teacher You can’t depend on your preacher You can’t depend on politicians You can’t depend on superstitions Love can rock you Never stop you Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Love is like a rock ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5195 "2023-07-03T20:43:19Z")
We don’t need protection Don’t need your hand Keep your promise on where we stand We will listen we’ll understand We carry in our hearts the true country And that cannot be stolen We follow in the steps of our ancestry And that cannot be broken ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5196 "2023-07-04T00:46:46Z")
We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teacher, leave them kids alone ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5197 "2023-07-04T00:52:50Z")
Well, we got no class And we got no principals We ain’t got no innocence We can’t even think of a word that rhymes School’s out for summer School’s out forever School’s been blown to pieces ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5198 "2023-07-04T03:18:41Z")
I can see you in the morning When you go to school Don’t forget your books You know you gotta learn the golden rule Teacher tells you “Stop the playing, get on with your work And be like Johnny Do-Good Don’t you know he never shirks” He’s coming along ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5199 "2023-07-04T06:19:17Z")
Up in the mornin’ and out to school The teacher is teachin’ the golden rule American history and practical math You studyin’ hard and hopin’ to pass School Days – _Chuck Berry_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5200 "2023-07-04T06:21:32Z")
Don’t know much about history Don’t know much biology Don’t know much about a science book Don’t know much about the French I took But I do know that I love you And I know that if you love me, too What a wonderful world this would be ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5201 "2023-07-04T13:46:09Z")
School days, school days Dear old golden rule days Readin’ and ‘ritin’ and 'rithmetic Taught to the tune of the hickory stick You were my queen in calico I was your bashful barefoot beau And you wrote on my slate, “I love you, Joe” When we were a couple of kids ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5202 "2023-07-04T13:54:31Z")
Do you think I would leave you dying There’s room on my horse for two Climb up here Joe, we’ll soon by flying Back to the ranks so blue Can you feel Joe I’m all a tremble Perhaps it’s the battle’s noise But I think it’s that I remember When we were two little boys [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=261)