# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/521 "2020-09-25T00:03:09Z")
And you can tell everybody this is _your song_ It may be quite simple but now that it’s done I hope you don’t mind I hope you don’t mind That I put down in words How wonderful life is while you’re in the world Elton ---
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/522 "2020-09-25T02:21:34Z")
We go to a party and everyone turns to see, This beautiful lady that’s walking around with me. And then she asks me, “Do you feel all right?” And I say, “Yes, I feel wonderful tonight” Eric Clapton - _Wonderful Tonight_ _ **-“BB”-** _ _(posted with fond memories of Katherine)_ ---
**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:** [September 25, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/523 "2020-09-25T21:17:14Z")
_ **Tonight, Tonight** _ We’ll crucify the insincere tonight The Smashing Pumpkins ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/524 "2020-10-03T07:16:05Z")
When I catch Alfonso Spigoni the Toreador, tralala boom boom, tralala boom boom With one mighty swipe I will dislocate his bally jaw, tralala etc When I catch that bull fighter the blighter I’ll kill He shall die, he shall die, he shall die tildlyee itie tie tie tie tie tie tie He shall die, he shall die… ie For I’ll raise a bunion on his Spanish onion when I catch him bending tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight! _The Spaniard That Blighted My Life. Al Jolson_ ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/525 "2020-10-03T07:48:26Z")
Toreador-a, Don’t spit on the floor-a. Use the cuspidor-a, Whaddaya think it’s for-a? Three Stooges - parody of _Toreador Song_ from Bizet’s _ **"Carmen"** _ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/526 "2020-10-04T12:28:29Z")
_ **Conquistador** _ your stallion stands in need of company And like some angel’s haloed brow You reek of purity Procul Harum ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/527 "2020-10-04T14:17:54Z")
In the arms of the angel Fly away from here From this dark, cold hotel room And the endlessness that you fear _Angel, Sarah Mclachlan_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/528 "2020-10-04T14:41:18Z")
Cast adrift from past relationships in her life Hoisted up the ideal, this was her saving grace Seas of rage that once assailed her concern for the truth Had passed her by and left her high and dry In her saviour’s arms _Enigma of the Absolute_, Dead Can Dance ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/529 "2020-10-04T15:06:15Z")
_ **Amazing Grace** _! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found Was blind, but now I see. Traditional ---
**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:** [October 4, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/530 "2020-10-04T19:26:15Z")
Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - _Blinded by the Light_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/531 "2020-10-05T15:36:57Z")
I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I’m so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light Hank Williams ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/532 "2020-10-05T17:24:32Z")
There’s a light over at the Frankenstein place. RHPS ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/533 "2020-10-05T17:42:07Z")
He’s the hairy handed gent who ran amuck in Kent Lately he’s been overheard in Mayfair Better stay away from him He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim I’d like to meet his tailor _Werewolves of London_ –Warren Zevon ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/534 "2020-10-05T20:05:17Z")
Hey there, _Little Red Riding Hood_, You sure are looking good. You’re everything a Big Bad Wolf could want. [howl] Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/535 "2020-10-05T20:50:47Z")
Oh, I asked her for water, she brought me gasoline Oh, I asked her for water, she brought me gasoline That’s the troublingest woman, that I ever seen _I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline). Howlin’ Wolf_ ---
**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:** [October 5, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/536 "2020-10-05T22:40:26Z")
I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore And I know too much to go back an’ pretend. 'Cause I’ve heard it all before And I’ve been down there on the floor No one’s ever gonna keep me down again. Helen Reddy _(1941-2020 … RIP)_ - _I Am Woman_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/537 "2020-10-05T23:35:12Z")
And when one of us is gone, and one of us is left to carry on Then remembering will have to do Our Memories alone will get us through Think about the days of me and you, _You and Me Against the World_ Helen Reddy ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/538 "2020-10-06T00:09:43Z")
I’ll be your _candle on the water_ My love for you will always burn I know you’re lost and drifting, But the clouds are lifting Don’t give up you have somewhere to turn. Helen Reddy ---
**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:** [October 6, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/539 "2020-10-06T00:47:37Z")
Little sisters of the sun lit candles in the rain fed the world on oats and raisins candles in the rain lit the fire to the soul who never knew his friend Meher Baba lives again candles in the rain to be there is to remember lay it down again Melanie _Candles in the Rain_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/540 "2020-10-06T02:42:52Z")
Ever since I could remember, I have known That children, by candle light, Have seen a shadow on the wall And have chased it all night through. This shadow, I liken it To this world and yesterday. Delerium, _Aria_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=28)