# 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:** 276
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5503 "2023-08-05T02:52:32Z")
Wasting my time Resting my mind And I’ll never pine For the sad days and the bad days When we was workin’ from nine to five ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5504 "2023-08-05T03:13:56Z")
Nobody’s perfect, Not even a perfect gent. When you properly took the A train, I wonder where your manners were. You were standing at the station, In your briefcase was your aftershave and underwear. Can you hear the whistle blow, Sounds like time the avenger. Time, time hear the bells chime. Over the harbor in the city. Time kill another bottle of wine, To help paralyze that little Tick, tick tick tick … ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5505 "2023-08-05T03:17:28Z")
Nobody’s perfect least of all me Married the job at age 23 Just keep my nose clean egg chips and beans I’m always full of steam ---
**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:** [August 5, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5506 "2023-08-05T16:14:04Z")
When the Norman Luboff Chorus Sings a song like this (like this, like this, like this) Every single note is gorgeous, But they sometimes miss. No one’s perfect, no one’s perfect, no one’s perfect, and That includes Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, and The Ray Charles Singers who were made famous by their frequent appearances on The Perry Como Show, and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and The Robert Shaw Chorale. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5507 "2023-08-06T00:09:25Z")
Pretty, pretty please, don’t you ever, ever feel Like you’re less than fuckin’ perfect Pretty, pretty please if you ever, ever feel Like you’re nothing, you’re fuckin’ perfect to me ---
**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:** [August 7, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5508 "2023-08-07T21:13:58Z")
Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand Whose wine, what wine, where the hell did I dine? Must have been a dream. I don’t believe where I’ve been Come on - let’s do it again Do you, you feel like I do? Do you, you feel like I do? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5509 "2023-08-07T21:18:55Z")
You woke up this morning The world turned upside down Lord above, thing’s ain’t been the same Since the Blues walked into town But you’re, but you’re one in a million 'Cause you’ve got that shotgun shine, shame about it Born under a bad sign With a blue moon in your eyes, yeah ---
**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:** [August 7, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5510 "2023-08-07T23:00:23Z")
I woke up this mornin’, feelin’ round for my shoes Know ‘bout ‘at I got these, old walkin’ blues Woke up this mornin’, feelin’ round for my shoes But you know 'bout ‘at I, got these old walkin’ blues ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5511 "2023-08-08T01:39:50Z")
I woke up this morning, baby I had you on my mind I woke up this morning, baby You know that I felt so fine ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5512 "2023-08-08T14:33:17Z")
The first day on my vacation, what I did on my summer vacation, the first day on my vacation, I woke up. Then, I went downtown to look for a job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore. The second day on my summer vacation, I woke up, then I went downtown to look for a job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore. The third day on my summer vacation, I woke up… ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5513 "2023-08-08T14:37:41Z")
Summer, it turns me upside down Summer, summer, summer, it’s like a merry-go-round I see you under the midnight, all shackles and bows The high shoes with the cleats a-clicking, a temperamental glow How could you let me go? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5514 "2023-08-08T14:43:24Z")
When the summer’s gone She’ll be there standing by the light Once she’s been to where she’s gone to She should know wrong from right Is she feelin’ Are you feelin’, you feelin’ that way too Or am I just Am I just your fool? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5515 "2023-08-08T14:48:19Z")
When I woke up this morning Didn’t know right or wrong Well, if the river was a whiskey And I was a diving duck If the river was a whiskey And I was a diving duck Well, I would dive to the bottom I’d swear, I’d never come up ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5516 "2023-08-08T14:52:05Z")
You’re as smooth as Tennessee whiskey, You’re as sweet as strawberry wine. You’re as warm as a glass of brandy, And honey, I stay stoned on your love all the time. Tennessee Whiskey – _Chris Stapleton_ ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5517 "2023-08-08T16:30:40Z")
And then along comes Mary And does she want to give me kicks and be my steady chick and give me pick of memories Or maybe rather gather tales from all the fails and tribulations no one ever sees? When we met, I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5518 "2023-08-08T20:45:26Z")
Deep frustration, a new sensation Those it has no sense, it has no time Disconnected, no not aggressive Chaos into fury with my sign The wall within your mind 'Til heaven or hell Tribulation nation Tribulation nation Tribulation nation Tribulation nation ---
**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:** [August 8, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5519 "2023-08-08T21:29:11Z")
I overwhelm as I approach you, make your lungs hold breath inside! Lovers break caresses for me, love enhanced when I’ve gone by You’ll feel me coming, a new vibration From afar you’ll see me, I’m a sensation I’m a sensation ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5520 "2023-08-09T04:05:25Z")
Sleep baby sleep Now that the night is over And the sun comes like a god Into our room All perfect light and promises Gotta hold on you A new sensation (A new sensation) Right now Gonna take you over A new sensation (A new sensation) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5521 "2023-08-09T13:32:36Z")
Once there was a way To get back homeward Once there was a way To get back home Sleep, pretty darling Do not cry And I will sing a lullaby Golden slumbers fill your eyes Smiles awake you when you rise ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5522 "2023-08-09T15:13:18Z")
Mornin’ girl, how’d ya sleep last night? You’re sev’ral ages older now Your eyes have started showin’ how The little girl’s growin’ now [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=277)