# 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:** 273
**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 29, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5443 "2023-07-29T19:33:45Z")
Same old show in a different town on another time _Ooh, wishing you were_ (Wishing you were here) Even though you’re far away, you’re on my mind _Ooh, wishing you were_ (Wishing you were here) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5444 "2023-07-29T21:43:33Z")
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? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5445 "2023-07-29T21:46:57Z")
Those were the days, my friend We thought they’d never end We’d sing and dance forever and a day We’d live the life we choose We’d fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5446 "2023-07-29T23:50:47Z")
Can it be that it was all so simple then? Or has time rewritten every line? And if we had the chance to do it all again Tell me Would we? Could we? ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5447 "2023-07-30T01:07:11Z")
This time we almost made the pieces fit Didn’t we? This time we almost made some sense of it Didn’t we? This time I had the answer, right here in my hand Then I touched it and it had turned to sand ---
**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:** [July 30, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5448 "2023-07-30T02:48:01Z")
Sometimes I feel like a man in the wilderness I’m a lonely sailor out to sea Drifting with the tide, never quite knowing why Sometimes it makes no sense at all ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5449 "2023-07-30T04:40:52Z")
Stop making sense, stop making sense Stop making sense, making sense I got a girlfriend that’s better than that And nothing is better than this ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5450 "2023-07-30T17:59:31Z")
Don’t you look at my girlfriend (Girlfriend) She’s the only one I got Not much of a girlfriend (Girlfriend) I’ve never seem to get a lot (What she got in another land) ---
**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 30, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5451 "2023-07-30T18:41:54Z")
If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty woman your wife So from my personal point of view Get an ugly girl to marry you ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5452 "2023-07-31T05:48:58Z")
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze I got a big fat mama, trying to break me And I love to live so pleasantly Live this life of luxury Lazin’ on a sunny afternoon ---
**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 31, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5453 "2023-07-31T06:05:07Z")
It started off so well They said we made a perfect pair I clothed myself in your glory and your love How I loved you, how I cried The years of care and loyalty Were nothing but a sham, it seems The years belie, we lived a lie I love you 'til I die Save me, save me, save me! I can’t face this life alone Save me, save me, save me! I’m naked and I’m far from home ---
**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 31, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5454 "2023-07-31T07:11:36Z")
She is susceptible He is impossible They have their cross to share Three of a perfect pair ---
**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 31, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5455 "2023-07-31T07:56:17Z")
It’s impossible Tell the sun to leave the sky It’s just impossible It’s impossible Ask a baby not to cry It’s just impossible _It’s Impossible. Perry Como_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5456 "2023-07-31T15:06:21Z")
To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrong To love pure and chaste from afar To try when your arms are too weary To reach the unreachable star ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5457 "2023-07-31T15:26:49Z")
Oh, baby, I’ve told every little star Just how sweet I think you are Why haven’t I told you? Da-dum, da-da-da-da-da-da-da I’ve told ripples in a brook Made my heart an open book Why haven’t I told you? ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5458 "2023-07-31T15:39:30Z")
So tell me why, haven’t I, heard from you Tell me why, haven’t I heard from you Darlin’, honey, what is your excuse Why haven’t I heard from you There’s no problem gettin’ to me Baby you can dial direct I got call forwarding, call waiting You can even call collect ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5459 "2023-07-31T20:44:07Z")
I’m in the phone booth, it’s the one across the hall If you don’t answer, I’ll just ring it off the wall I know he’s there, but I just had to call Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5460 "2023-07-31T20:46:59Z")
Hello, how are you? Have you been alright Through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights? That’s what I’d say I’d tell you everything If you’d pick up that telephone ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5461 "2023-07-31T22:22:34Z")
I put a nickel in the telephone, dialed my baby’s number Got a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line Each time I tried I got a busy tone, not my baby’s number Just a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line Called his uncle in Jamaica Left a message with the baker Even checked the number in the telephone book Got so awfully, awfully worried To my baby’s house I hurried When I looked inside, the phone was off the hook _Busy Line. Rose murphy_ ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5462 "2023-07-31T22:38:36Z")
Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia’s busy, too busy to come to the phone.” Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia’s trying to start a new life of her own.” Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia’s happy, so why don’t you leave her alone?” And the operator says, “Forty cents more, for the next three minutes.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=274)