# 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:** 28
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/541 "2020-10-11T19:37:38Z")
Yesterday, all my troubles were so far away Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/542 "2020-10-11T20:02:22Z")
The good old days weren’t all that good Tomorrow’s not as bad as it seems -Billy Joel ---
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/543 "2020-10-11T20:53:20Z")
Old days Good times I remember Fun days Filled with simple pleasures Chicago - _Old Days_ _ **"-BB-"** _ ---
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/544 "2020-10-11T21:20:18Z")
We got no necked oilmen from Texas And good ol’ boys from Tennessee And colleges men from LSU Went in dumb, come out dumb too _Randy Newman_ ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/545 "2020-10-12T16:37:30Z")
You out of town guys sure think you’re real keen Think all of us boys here are homespun and green But that’s wrong my friend so get this through your head We’re tough and we’re Texan with necks good and red Elton John ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/546 "2020-10-12T19:07:33Z")
Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps It’s time we put the flame torch to their keep _Burn down the mission_ If we’re gonna stay alive Watch the black smoke fly to heaven See the red flame light the sky –Elton ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/547 "2020-10-12T21:19:34Z")
I went down to the riverside and I laid me down to sleep Went down to the riverside, laid me down to sleep, Lord A-well I went down to the riverside, laid me down to sleep When I woke up there were shackles on both-a my feet _Lonnie Donegan. It Takes a Worried Man_ ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/548 "2020-10-12T21:23:18Z")
Down by the lazy river, come as you please Down by the lazy river, one big family If you’re all alone, you won’t be long Just bring your guitar and sing your song Down by the lazy river, everybody follow me The Osmonds _(Down by the) Lazy River_ ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/549 "2020-10-12T22:31:47Z")
Up a lazy river by the old mill run, The lazy, lazy river in the noon day sun, Linger in the shade of a kind old tree, Throw away your troubles Dream a dream with me. Hoagy Carmichael - _Up A Lazy River_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 12, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/550 "2020-10-12T23:21:49Z")
I must be looking for something Something sacred I lost But the river is wide And it’s too hard to cross And even though I know the river is wide I walk down every evening and I stand on the shore And try to cross to the opposite side So I can finally find what I’ve been looking for Billy Joel, _The River of Dreams_ ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/551 "2020-10-13T04:17:36Z")
The river is wide, I cannot see Nor do I have light wings to fly There’ll be a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I The Kingston Trio, _The River Is Wide_ (from _The Water Is Wide_, traditional) ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/552 "2020-10-13T15:33:55Z")
Come on down to my boat, baby, Come on down where we can play. Come on down to my boat, baby, Come on down, we’ll sail away. Every Mother’s Son - _C’mon Down to My Boat_ _ **-“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:** [October 13, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/553 "2020-10-13T16:10:50Z")
Aye Calypso the places you’ve been to The things that you’ve shown us The stories you tell Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit The men who have served you so long and so well John Denver, “Calypso” ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/554 "2020-10-13T16:50:40Z")
We come on the Sloop John B My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night Got into a fight Well I feel so broke up I want to go home Beach Boys _Sloop John B_ ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/555 "2020-10-13T18:31:01Z")
Got out of town on a boat, going to Southern islands. Sailing a reach before a following sea. She was making for the trades on the outside And the downhill run to Papeete. Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas, We got eighty feet of the waterline, nicely making way. In a noisy bar in Avalon, I tried to call you. But on the midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away. CSN, _Southern Cross_ ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/556 "2020-10-13T19:56:46Z")
But I’m sad to say I’m on my way , Won’t be back for many a day. My heart is down, my head is turning around, I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town. Harry Belafonte, _Jamaica Farewell_ ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/557 "2020-10-13T21:02:37Z")
I left my heart in San Francisco High on a hill, it calls to me To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars The morning fog may chill the air, I don’t care _I Left My Heart In San Francisco . Tony Bennett]_ ---
**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:** [October 13, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/558 "2020-10-13T22:47:39Z")
But the fool on the hill, Sees the sun going . And the eyes in his head See the world spinning 'round. Beatles - _The Fool on the Hill_ ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/559 "2020-10-14T15:53:18Z")
You got no money and you got no home Spinnin’ wheel all alone Talkin’ ‘bout your troubles and you, you never learn Ride a painted pony let the spinnin’ wheel turn Blood, Sweat & Tears, _Spinning Wheel_ ---
**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:** [October 15, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/560 "2020-10-15T00:07:04Z")
You are the tear, I have no fear You are so strange, I feel the same Sorceress mind, we ride again We are not chained to the wheel To the wheel It’s the way that you feel It’s the truth in your eye 'Cause you’re up against the world and still you rise Still you _rise_ The Cult [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=29)