# 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:** 262
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5223 "2023-07-06T16:19:16Z")
Boston at last, and the plane’s touching down Our hostess is handing the hot towels around From a terminal gate to a black limousine It’s a ten minute ride to the Holiday Inn ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5224 "2023-07-06T16:20:31Z")
Eight miles high, and when you touch down You’ll find that it’s stranger than known Signs in the street, that say where you’re going Are somewhere just being their own ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5225 "2023-07-06T21:12:20Z")
Somewhere beyond the sea, Somewhere waitin’ for me, My lover stands on golden sands And watches the ships that go sailin’. _Beyond the Sea. Bobby-Darin_ ---
**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 6, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5226 "2023-07-06T21:56:40Z")
Someday, somewhere We’ll find a new way of living Will find a way of forgiving Somewhere There’s a place for us Somewhere a place for us Peace and quiet and open air wait for us Somewhere ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5227 "2023-07-07T05:19:32Z")
Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true ---
**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 7, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5228 "2023-07-07T05:30:59Z")
When there’s lightning You know it always brings me down 'Cause it’s free and I see that it’s me Who’s lost and never found I cry out for magic I feel it dancing in the light It was cold Lost my hold to the shadows of the night No sign of the morning coming You’ve been left on your own Like a rainbow in the dark A rainbow in the dark ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5229 "2023-07-07T09:40:46Z")
They’re taking you away And leaving me lonely Silver wings, Slowly fading out of sight… ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5230 "2023-07-07T11:48:08Z")
But when she turns her back on the boy He creeps up from behind Bang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer Came down upon her head (do-do, do-do do) Bang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer Made sure that she was dead ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5231 "2023-07-07T11:54:18Z")
I, I just took a ride in a silver machine And I’m still feeling mean Do you want to ride See yourself going by The other side of the sky I’ve got a silver machine ---
**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 7, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5232 "2023-07-07T14:51:09Z")
We can end your daily strife At a reasonable price You’ve seen it advertised in Life You’ll feel just fine now Buy a big, bright, green pleasure machine ---
**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 7, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5233 "2023-07-07T16:46:10Z")
And I use to dream she would call Crying her eyes out She had an obsession with me I was the love of her life And she was all mine The girl in the Life magazine ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5234 "2023-07-07T19:32:03Z")
Tall and tan and young and lovely The girl from Ipanema goes walking And when she passes Each one she passes goes, “Ah” When she walks, she’s like a samba That swings so cool and sways so gently That when she passes Each one she passes goes, “Ah” ---
**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 7, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5235 "2023-07-07T19:33:27Z")
She was a long cool woman in a black dress Just-a 5’9, beautiful, tall With just one look I was a bad mess 'Cause that long cool woman had it all ---
**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 7, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5236 "2023-07-07T20:50:22Z")
Pretty woman, stop a while Pretty woman, talk a while Pretty woman, give your smile to me ---
**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 7, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5237 "2023-07-07T21:06:41Z")
You know you, you make me feel so good inside I always wanted a girl just like you Such a P.Y.T., Pretty Young Thing, ooh ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5238 "2023-07-07T23:46:51Z")
Chantilly lace and a Pretty face. A ponytail hanging down She giggles when she talks She wiggles when she walks Makes the world go 'round… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5239 "2023-07-08T01:24:16Z")
She was seaside sittin’, just a smokin’ and a drinkin’ on ringside On top of the world, oh, yeah She had her drink in her hand she had her toes in the sand and whoa What a beautiful girl, ah, yeah What a sweet talkin’ honey with a little bit of money to turn your head around Creature from the sea with the look to me like she’d like to fool around What a snappy little mammy gonna keep her pappy happy And accompany me to the ends of the earth, ah, yeah that’s what I said ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5240 "2023-07-08T01:31:05Z")
Was in the spring, one sunny day My sweetheart left me, Lord, she went away And now she’s gone and I don’t worry Lord, I’m sittin’ on top of the world ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5241 "2023-07-08T07:04:39Z")
She walks these hills In a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail… Nobody knows Nobody sees Nobody knows but me… ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5242 "2023-07-08T09:37:18Z")
Go out yonder, peace in the valley Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley Oh, you don’t know the shape I’m in Has anybody seen my lady? This living alone will drive me crazy Oh, you don’t know the shape I’m in [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=263)