# 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:** 277
**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 9, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5523 "2023-08-09T21:54:29Z")
This girl tasted love As tender as the gentle dawn She cried a single tear A teardrop that was sweet and warm Our hearts told us we were right And on that sweet and velvet night A child had died A woman had been born ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5524 "2023-08-09T22:50:44Z")
And I can remember the Fourth of July Running through the backwood bay And I can still hear my ol’ hound dog barking Chasing down a hoodoo there Chasing down a hoodoo there Born on the bayou Born on the bayou ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5525 "2023-08-10T15:13:02Z")
I’m goin’ back some day Come what may To Blue Bayou ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5526 "2023-08-10T15:42:55Z")
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo For tonight, I’m a-gonna see my, my cher au mi-oh Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the Bayou ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5527 "2023-08-10T17:14:51Z")
Mama lives in Mandeville I can hardly wait until I can hear my Zydeco And laissez le bon ton roulet And take rides in open cars My brother knows where the best bars are Let’s see how these blues’ll do In the town where the good times stay ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5528 "2023-08-10T18:37:55Z")
Let the good times roll Let them knock you around Let the good times roll Let them make you a clown _Let the Good Times Roll_ - The Cars ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5529 "2023-08-11T00:43:12Z")
Just like Pagliacci did I try to keep my surface hid Smiling in the public, I But in my lonely room, I cry The tears of a clown When there’s no one around, oh, yeah, baby ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5530 "2023-08-11T04:30:57Z")
Isn’t it bliss? Don’t you approve? One who keeps tearing around, One who can’t move, Where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5531 "2023-08-11T14:47:37Z")
Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto! Ridi del duol, che t’avvelena il cor! ---
**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 11, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5532 "2023-08-11T16:33:08Z")
All at once there’s a fat guy in a clown suit. Ain’t Haller-ween, that’s for shore. Then this here feller, this Punchy Neller, Begins to beller – Like we all was deef. “Ha ha ha ha ha!” That was PAL-YAT-CHEE an’ he sung: ---
**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 11, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5533 "2023-08-11T19:20:02Z")
He said now Why do they ride for their money Tell me why do they ride for short pay They ain’t a’gettin’ nowhere And they’re losin’ their share Boy, they must’ve gone crazy out there Son, they all must be crazy out there ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5534 "2023-08-11T19:25:32Z")
Well do you? Don’t you want me to love you? I’m coming down fast, but I’m miles above you… Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me the answer Well, You may be a lover, but you ain’t no dancer… Helter Skelter ---
**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 11, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5535 "2023-08-11T19:44:32Z")
Do you wanna dance and hold my hand? Tell me baby I’m your lover man Oh baby, do you wanna dance? Do you, do you, do you, do you wanna dance? Do you, do you, do you, do you wanna dance? Do you, do you, do you, do you wanna dance? ---
**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 11, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5536 "2023-08-11T21:40:46Z")
Got to know how to pony Like Bony Maronie Mashed potato Do the alligator Put your hand on your hips, yeah Let your backbone slip Do the watusi Like my little Lucy Hey! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5537 "2023-08-12T15:32:25Z")
I got a girl named Bony Moronie She’s as skinny as a stick of macaroni Ought to see her rock and roll with her blue jeans on She’s not very fat, just skin and bone But I love her and she loves me We’re all happy now as we can be Making love underneath the apple tree ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5538 "2023-08-12T15:39:07Z")
Don’t sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5539 "2023-08-12T17:35:15Z")
Let’s go down to the apple tree Naive as Adam and Eve Let’s go down to the apple tree Fighting against gravity Falling too deep So can you catch me? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5540 "2023-08-12T19:32:59Z")
'Cause when you’re falling I can’t tell which way is down And when you’re screaming Somehow I don’t hear a sound And when you’re seeing things Then your feet don’t touch the ground 'Cause when you’re falling I can’t tell which way is down ---
**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:** [August 12, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5541 "2023-08-12T19:54:09Z")
You hear me shout when no-ones about You find me where I can’t be seen I feel the air flowing, for life’s in full swing So tell me why I cannot breathe Here I am falling, oh, why am I falling? Take me to where I belong I’m standing here falling, before you I’m falling If it weren’t for your wings I’d be gone Kate Rusby ---
**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 12, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5542 "2023-08-12T22:16:53Z")
Please help me I’m falling in love with you Close the door to temptation don’t let me walk through Turn away from me darling I’m begging you to Please help me I’m falling in love with you [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=276) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=278)