# 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:** 291
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5803 "2023-09-08T13:41:45Z")
O blinding light O light that blinds I cannot see Watch out for me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5804 "2023-09-08T14:05:19Z")
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so lovely Sunshine almost always makes me high ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5805 "2023-09-08T15:41:14Z")
I’m with you my love, The light’s shining through on you Yes, I’m with you my love, It’s the morning and just we two I’ll stay with you darling now, I’ll stay with you till my seas are dried up I’ve been waiting so long To be where I’m going In the sunshine of your love ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5806 "2023-09-08T16:01:43Z")
The sun is shining in the sky There ain’t a cloud in sight It’s stopped raining, everybody’s in the play And don’t you know it’s a beautiful new day? ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5807 "2023-09-08T16:04:46Z")
It’s a beautiful morning, ahhh I think I’ll go outside for a while and just smile Just take in some clean fresh air, boy (Ain’t) no sense in staying inside If the weather’s fine and you got the time It’s your chance to wake up and plan another brand-new day ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5808 "2023-09-08T16:57:45Z")
As I roved out on a May morning On a May morning right early I spied my love upon the way Oh Lord but she was early. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5809 "2023-09-08T17:00:57Z")
Though April showers may come your way They bring the flowers that bloom in May ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5810 "2023-09-08T17:06:14Z")
They’re okay the last days of May, but I’ll be breathin’ dry air I’m leaving soon, the others are already there (all there) You wouldn’t be interested in coming along, instead of staying here? It’s said the West is nice this time of year, that’s what they say ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5811 "2023-09-08T17:30:50Z")
The flowers that bloom in the spring, Tra la, Breathe promise of merry sunshine - As we merrily dance and we sing, Tra la, We welcome the hope that they bring, Tra la. Of a summer of roses and wine. And that’s what we mean when we say that a thing Is welcome as flowers that bloom in the spring. Tra la la la la la, etc. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5812 "2023-09-08T21:07:07Z")
The days of wine and roses, Laugh and run away, Like a child at play, Through a meadowland, Toward a closing door, A door marked never more, That wasnt there before. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5813 "2023-09-08T22:05:26Z")
I’m praying for rain in California So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine And I’m sitting in a honky in Chicago With a broken heart and a woman on my mind _Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me. Dean Martin_ ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5814 "2023-09-09T04:47:09Z")
In the heat of a summer night In the land of the dollar bill When the town of Chicago died And they talk about it still When a man named Al Capone Tried to make that town his own And he called his gang to war With the forces of the law ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5815 "2023-09-09T06:05:33Z")
Chicago Chicago That toddlin’ town Bet your bottom dollar you’ll have some fun, Chicago Chicago The town Billy Sunday could not shut down ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5816 "2023-09-09T16:23:10Z")
The White Sox and the Cubs And other sporting clubs Make living here a pretty nifty ploy. Smack on the lake, this is the report! Someday, they say, we’ll have an airport! When they say: “hey, I’m from Chi!”, They mean Chicago, Il-li-nois! ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5817 "2023-09-09T16:24:24Z")
My kind of town, Chicago is My kind of town, Chicago is My kind of people, too People who smile at you ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5818 "2023-09-09T16:28:03Z")
This town is a losin’ town It’s a miserable town It’s a nowhere town And I am leavin’ this town You better believe that I’m leavin’ this town Man, it could never be uptown It’s bound to be downtown ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5819 "2023-09-09T16:31:30Z")
I’m gonna try for an uptown girl She’s been living in her white-bred world As long as anyone with hot blood can And now she’s looking for a downtown man That’s what I am ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5820 "2023-09-09T16:59:39Z")
Yeah, one of these days, I’m gonna have money She’ll wanna be my ever-lovin’ honey It won’t be long, just wait and see I’ll have a big car, fine clothes And then I’ll be Uptown, in penthouse number three Uptown, just my baby and me ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5821 "2023-09-09T17:15:02Z")
One of these days, I’m going to cut you into little pieces. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/5822 "2023-09-09T17:17:45Z")
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