# 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:** 272
**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 27, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5423 "2023-07-27T15:01:04Z")
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug Make you want to holler hi-de-ho Burns your tummy, don’tcha know? Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug ---
**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, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5424 "2023-07-27T15:22:20Z")
Here comes Mary lookin’ for Harry She gonna choogle tonight Here comes Louie, works in the sewer, Lord He gonna choogle tonight Keep on chooglin’ Keep on chooglin’ Keep on chooglin’ Chooglin’ Chooglin’, Chooglin’, Chooglin’ ---
**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, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5425 "2023-07-27T18:18:39Z")
Feelin’ good No, you can’t stop the feelin’ No, you can’t stop the feelin’ No, not now Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Keep on truckin’ on Keep on truckin’ on Keep on truckin’ Keep on truckin’ on Keep on truckin’ ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5426 "2023-07-27T18:37:03Z")
Well now keep on truckin’ mama, truckin’ my blues away Keep on truckin’ mama, truckin’ my blues away Here you come mama big as sin, tell what you been doin’ by the shape you’re in So keep on truckin’ mama, truckin’ my blues 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 27, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5427 "2023-07-27T18:43:41Z")
Truckin’, like the do-dah man Once told me “You’ve got to play your hand” Sometimes your cards ain’t worth a dime If you don’t lay’em down Sometimes the light’s all shinin’ on me Other times I can barely see Lately it occurs to me What a long, strange trip it’s been What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? She lost her sparkle, you know she isn’t the same Livin’ on reds, vitamin C, and cocaine All a friend can say is “Ain’t it a shame” Truckin’, up to Buffalo Been thinkin’, you got to mellow slow Takes time to pick a place to go And just keep truckin’ on ---
**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 28, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5428 "2023-07-28T01:49:42Z")
One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don’t do anything at all Go ask Alice When she’s ten feet tall ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5429 "2023-07-28T04:46:28Z")
Take the wonder drug that cures all your ills – Take Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated, Quick dissolvin’, fast actin’, Pleasant tastin’ green and purple pills. Jeremiah Peabody’s _(etc.)_ – _Ray Stevens_ _ **-“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:** [July 28, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5430 "2023-07-28T11:59:27Z")
I was born in the wagon of a travelin’ show My mama used to dance for the money they’d throw Papa would do whatever he could Preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Doctor Good ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5431 "2023-07-28T12:36:46Z")
From nowhere through a caravan Around the campfire light A lovely woman in motion With hair as dark as night Her eyes were like that of a cat in the dark That hypnotized me with love She was a gypsy woman She was a gypsy woman ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5432 "2023-07-28T14:17:19Z")
Carry me, caravan, take me away Take me to Portugal, take me to Spain Andalusia with fields full of grain I have to see you again and again Take me Spanish Caravan Yes I know you can ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5433 "2023-07-28T14:58:27Z")
Carry me back yeah to old Virginny That’s where the cotton and corn and taters grow That’s where the birds yeah warble sweet in the spring-time That’s where this heart of mine, yeah longs to go _Carry Me Back to Old Virginny. Ray Charles_ ---
**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 28, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5434 "2023-07-28T14:59:36Z")
Take me back to Chicago Lay my soul to rest Where my life was free and easy Remember me at my best Take me back to Chicago Where music was all I had I tried to be good as I could And sometimes that made me sad ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5435 "2023-07-28T16:12:19Z")
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming We’re finally on our own This summer I hear the drumming Four dead in Ohio ---
**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:** [July 28, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5436 "2023-07-28T18:53:15Z")
These bastards stole their power From the victims of the Us v Them years Wrecking all things virtuous and true The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal Lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool They hypnotized the summer, ninteen-seventy-nine Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous Wicked and able, media-ready Heartless, and labeled Super US citizen, super achiever Mega ultra power dosing, relax Defense, defense, defense, defense ---
**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 28, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5437 "2023-07-28T19:51:28Z")
Sit down, John! Sit down, John! For God’s sake, John, sit down! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5438 "2023-07-28T21:40:33Z")
Not now John, we’ve got to get on with the film show (Gotta get on, gotta get on) Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow (End of the rainbow) Who cares what it’s about as long as the kids go (As long as the kids go) So, not now John, we’ve gotta get on with the show (Gotta get on, gotta get on) ---
**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 28, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5439 "2023-07-28T21:56:55Z")
Oh, I’ve been used (ooh-ooh) I’ve been a fool, oh, what a fool I broke all the rules, oh yeah But I must let the show go on ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5440 "2023-07-28T22:02:14Z")
Welcome back my friends To the show that never ends We’re so glad you could attend Come inside, come inside ---
**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 29, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5441 "2023-07-29T17:55:52Z")
It’s wonderful to be here It’s certainly a thrill You’re such a lovely audience We’d like to take you home with us We’d love to take you home ---
**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 29, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5442 "2023-07-29T18:11:08Z")
How I wish, how I wish you were here We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year Running over the same old ground, what have we found? The same old fears, wish you were here [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=271) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=273)