# 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:** 29
**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 15, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/561 "2020-10-15T01:37:54Z")
Stand In the end you’ll still be you One that’s done all the things you set out to do Stand There’s a cross for you to bear Things to go through if you’re going anywhere Stand For the things you know are right It s the truth that the truth makes them so uptight Stand All the things you want are real You have you to complete and there is no deal Stand. stand, stand Sly and the Family Stone ---
**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 16, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/562 "2020-10-16T22:52:09Z")
When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we’ll see No I won’t be afraid No I won’t be afraid Just as long as you stand Stand by me Ben E. King ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/563 "2020-10-16T23:20:30Z")
It’s just a state of mind, freedom and time has got me frozen up inside I wanna recognise under this moonlight that God is on my side With senses running wild we touched the sky, it looks like Heaven in my eyes _Moonlight medicine_ keeps me alive, don’t let your senses be denied Won’t you shine, some light in my mind The more I find, the more I need your medicine in my life –Ride ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/564 "2020-10-16T23:35:28Z")
Johnny’s in the basement mixing up the medicine, I’m on the pavement, thinking about the government. The man in the trench coat, badge out, laid off, Says he’s got a bad cough, wants to get it paid off. Look out, kid, it’s somethin’ you did; God knows when, but you’re doing it again – Bob Dylan - _Subterranean Homesick Blues_ _ **-“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 17, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/565 "2020-10-17T02:14:08Z")
He was trouble in the making Trouble in the keeping, history repeating He was walking into danger _Johnny_ in a small town Looking for a light in the tunnel Creeping in the dark and Doubting that the sun’ll Shine to the heart of himself And he tells himself, “It’ll be alright” Happiness is just around the corner And he tells himself, “It’ll be okay” Happiness is just a life away –October Project ---
**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 17, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/566 "2020-10-17T18:13:18Z")
Marky got with Sharon, Sharon got Cherise She was sharing Sharon’s outlook on the topic of disease Mikey had a facial scar and Bobby was a racist They were all in love with dying, they were doing it in Texas Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain And then he lost his leg in Dallas, he was dancing with a train Butthole Surfers, _Pepper_ ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/567 "2020-10-18T01:59:39Z")
This is a story about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue Two young lovers with nothin’ better to do Than sit around the house, get high, and watch the tube And here is what happened when they decided to cut loose They headed down to, ooh, old El Paso That’s where they ran into a great big hassle Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle Bobbie Sue took the money and run Steve Miller Band - _Take the Money and Run_ ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/568 "2020-10-20T21:35:58Z")
_Matilda_, Matilda, I’m feeling such pain (Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela) Harry Belafonte ---
**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 20, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/569 "2020-10-20T22:41:36Z")
“Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.” He sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled, “you’ll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.” Banjo Paterson – _Waltzing Matilda_ ---
**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 21, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/570 "2020-10-21T00:36:58Z")
Strum me hard, strum me fast, Fears sure built into every wall Looking hard through the glass, Fears sure built in with every waltz Marianne Faithfull _So 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:** [October 21, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/571 "2020-10-21T12:40:56Z")
I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Now I know just how much I have lost Yes, I lost my little darlin’ the night they were playing The beautiful _Tennessee Waltz_ Patti Page ---
**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 21, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/572 "2020-10-21T14:03:40Z")
Now here you go again, you say You say you want your freedom Well who am I to keep you down It’s only right that you should Play the way you feel it But listen carefully to the sound Of your loneliness Like a heartbeat drives you mad In the stillness of remembering what you had And what you lost, and what you had, and what you lost Fleetwood Mac – _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 21, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/573 "2020-10-21T14:22:30Z")
Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose Nothin’, don’t mean nothin’ hon’ if it ain’t free, no no And, feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues You know, feelin’ good was good enough for me Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee Janis Joplin – _Me and Bobby McGee_ ---
**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 21, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/574 "2020-10-21T23:04:35Z")
I wanna be _Bobby’s girl_ I wanna be Bobby’s girl That’s the most important thing to me And if I was Bobby’s girl If I was Bobby’s girl What a faithful, thankful girl I’d be Marcie Blaine ---
**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 22, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/575 "2020-10-22T07:48:39Z")
Not plannin’ my day around the T.V. set Payin’ our bills and stayin’ out of debt That’s important to me That’s important to me. _That’s Important To Me. Bill Gaither_ ---
**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 22, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/576 "2020-10-22T21:21:04Z")
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho! It’s off to work we go! Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, “Heigh-Ho!” ---
**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 22, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/577 "2020-10-22T21:24:21Z")
How’d you like to blow your top Dig yourself some fine ree-bop Hi-de-hi, he-de-he Oh, the hi-de-ho man, that’s me Hi-de hi-de hi-de-hi (Hi-de hi-de hi-de-hi) Hey-de hey-de hey-de hey (Hey-de hey-de hey-de hey) He-de he-de he-de he (He-de he-de he-de he) Hi-de hi-de hi-de-hi (Hi-de hi-de hi-de-hi) Cab Calloway ---
**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 23, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/578 "2020-10-23T00:06:07Z")
Well ev’rybody’s talkin’ a-bout the bird a-well-a bird bird B-birds the word Saidfehbeh Bbpbpbpbppbpbpbpbpbblllllauuughhhguughhuuughhguughhguughhheeeeaaaaa… Papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa-papa Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-m-m-m-m-m-mau mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-m-m-m-m-m-mau mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-m-m-m-m-m-mau mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau Papa-ooh-mau-mau The Trashmen, _Surfin’ Bird_ ---
**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 23, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/579 "2020-10-23T01:49:59Z")
_Papa was a rolling stone_ Wherever he laid his hat was his home And when he died All he left us was alone The Temptations ---
**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 23, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/580 "2020-10-23T07:44:19Z")
And when I die and when I’m dead, dead and gone, There’ll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on _Blood, Sweat & Tears_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=30)