# 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:** 271
**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 24, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5403 "2023-07-24T12:36:58Z")
Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town She had a reputation as a girl who’d been around Down Main Street after midnight with a brand new pack of cigs A fresh one hangin’ from her lips and a beer between her legs She’d ride down to the river and meet with all her friends The road goes on forever and the party never ends ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5404 "2023-07-24T12:56:04Z")
Sherry baby (Sherry baby) Sherry, can you come out tonight? (Come, come, come out tonight) Sherry baby (Sherry baby) Sherry, can you come out tonight? ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5405 "2023-07-24T13:57:49Z")
But you know that there’s a fever Oh, that you’ll never find nowhere else (nowhere else) Can’t you feel it burnin’ On and on (on and on) Oh, Sherrie, our love Holds on, holds on Oh, Sherrie, our love Holds on, holds on ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5406 "2023-07-24T15:19:57Z")
My Cherie amour, lovely as a summer day My Cherie amour, distant as the Milky Way My Cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore You’re the only girl my heart beats for How I wish that you were mine ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5407 "2023-07-25T16:07:18Z")
I wish those days could come back once more Why did those days ever have to go? I wish those days could come back once more Why did those days ever have to go? 'Cause I love them so ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5408 "2023-07-25T16:08:51Z")
Old days Good times, I remember Fun days Filled with simple pleasure Drive-in movies Comic books and blue jeans Howdy Doody Baseball cards and birthdays Take me back To a world gone away Memories Seem like yesterday ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5409 "2023-07-25T16:18:45Z")
Yesterday Love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away Oh, I believe in yesterday Why she had to go I don’t know, she wouldn’t say I said something wrong Now I long for yesterday ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5410 "2023-07-25T17:35:01Z")
And in her eyes you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5411 "2023-07-26T14:21:00Z")
All these changes taking place, I wish I’d seen the place But no one’s ever taken me Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away… Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away… ---
**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 26, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5412 "2023-07-26T14:46:27Z")
My love bigger than a Cadillac I’ll try to show it when you’re driving me back Your love for me got to be real For you to know just how I feel A love for real not fade away ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5413 "2023-07-26T15:03:13Z")
Willie the wimp was buried today They laid him to rest in a special way Sent him off in the finest style That casket-mobile really drove ‘em wild Southside Chicago will think of him often Talkin’ 'bout Willie the wimp and his Cadillac coffin Willie the wimp and his Cadillac coffin ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5414 "2023-07-26T15:38:45Z")
They put Geronimo in jail down south Where he couldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth Sergeant, Sergeant, don’t you feel There’s something wrong with your automobile? Governor, Governor, now aint it strange They didn’t have no cars on the Indian range? Warden, Warden, listen to me Be brave and set Geronimo free Whoa, boys, take me back I wanna ride in Geronimos Cadillac ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5415 "2023-07-26T16:55:19Z")
I love you for your pink Cadillac Crushed velvet seats Riding in the back Cruising down the street Waving to the girls Feeling out of sight Spending all my money On a Saturday night Honey I just wonder what you do there in back Of your pink Cadillac Pink Cadillac ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5416 "2023-07-26T17:12:39Z")
I’m gonna pack my pa I’m gonna pack my aunt I’m gonna take them down to the Cadillac Ranch El Dorado fins White walls and skirts Rides just like a little bit of heaven Here on earth Buddy when I die Throw my body in the back Drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5417 "2023-07-26T17:46:53Z")
Then I will stay I’ll not be back, Eldorado I will be free, yeah Of the world, Eldorado Then I will stay I’ll not be back, Eldorado ---
**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 26, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5418 "2023-07-26T23:06:30Z")
He got a custom Continental, He got an El Dorado too, He got a .32 gun in his pocket for fun, He got a razor in his shoe. And he’s bad, bad Leroy Brown, The baddest man in the whole damn town. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – _Jim Croce_ _ **-“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:** [July 26, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5419 "2023-07-26T23:10:11Z")
t has a passion, The Continental, An invitation to moonlight and romance. It’s quite the fashion, The Continental, Because you tell of your love while you dance. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5420 "2023-07-27T04:32:00Z")
My pappy said, “Son, you’re gonna’ drive me to drinkin’ If you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot Rod Lincoln” Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race When Fords and Lincolns was settin’ the pace That story is true I’m here to say I was drivin’ that Model A ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5421 "2023-07-27T12:18:15Z")
Well, I asked my old pappy why he called his brew White lightnin’ ‘stead of mountain dew I took a little sip and right away I knew As my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue Lightnin’ started flashin’, thunder started clashin’ Whshhhoooh… white lightnin’ ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5422 "2023-07-27T14:27:58Z")
And I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee A place where even squares can have a ball We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse White lightning’s still the biggest thrill of all [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=272)