# 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:** 301
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6003 "2023-10-02T04:41:06Z")
Counting flowers on the wall, that don’t bother me at all Playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty one Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo Now don’t tell me I’ve nothing to do ---
**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:** [October 2, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6004 "2023-10-02T12:38:08Z")
Black coffee is my name Black coffee is not a thing Black coffee, freshly ground and fully packed Hot black coffee, boys, mmm that’s where it’s at, mean it ---
**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:** [October 2, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6005 "2023-10-02T13:19:20Z")
So round, so firm, so fully packed, that’s my gal So complete, front to back, that’s my pal Toasted by the sun and I’m a son of a gun She don’t make my five o’clock shadow come around at one. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6006 "2023-10-02T17:57:08Z")
I like big butts and I cannot lie You other brothers can’t deny That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist And a round thing in your face ---
**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 2, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6007 "2023-10-02T21:51:18Z")
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by Brother you don’t know a nicer occupation Matter of fact, neither do I Than standing on a corner watching all the girls Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by ---
**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:** [October 2, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6008 "2023-10-02T22:53:03Z")
All the girls walk by dressed up for each other And the boys do the boogie woogie on the corner of the street And the people passing by just stare with wild wonder And the inside jukebox roars just like thunder ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6009 "2023-10-03T02:29:28Z")
On the day I was born The nurses all gathered 'round And they gazed in wide wonder At the joy they had found The head nurse spoke up Said, “Leave this one alone” She could tell right away That I was bad to the bone ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6010 "2023-10-03T02:33:23Z")
Doctors have come from distant cities Just to see me Stand over my bed Disbelieving what they’re seeing They say I must be one of the wonders Of God’s own creation And as far as they can see they can offer No explanation ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6011 "2023-10-03T02:36:38Z")
We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow The hammer of the gods Will drive our ships to new lands To fight the horde, sing and cry Valhalla, I am coming ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6012 "2023-10-03T03:32:07Z")
The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills A million ways to spend your time When we get back, I’ll drop a line ---
**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 3, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6013 "2023-10-03T08:18:44Z")
As Dorothy Parker once said to her boyfriend “Fare thee well,” As Columbus announced when he knew he was bounced "It was swell, Isabelle, swell As Abelard said to Heloise “Don’t forget to drop a line to me, please,” As Juliet cried in her Romeo’s ear “Romeo, why not face the fact, my dear?” _Just One of Those Things (intro). Cole Porter_ ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6014 "2023-10-03T12:26:47Z")
You got the future in the palm of your hand All you gotta do to get you through is understand You think you’d rather do with out You’ll never muddle through Without the truth The facts of life are all about you ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6015 "2023-10-03T12:30:46Z")
He leads me through the twisted chasms of my mind He saved me from the fated final sacrifice He spoke to me with the palm of his hand I hear you calling I hear you calling I hear you calling I hear you calling ---
**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 3, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6016 "2023-10-03T14:00:01Z")
Calling to the sky The thunder drowns my voice within the rain And I know you’re near me And I call throughout the storm I know that you don’t hear me I call your name I call your name I call your name Can you hear me call your name? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6017 "2023-10-03T17:12:22Z")
Can’t you hear me knockin’ On your window? Can’t you hear me knockin’ On your door? Can’t you hear me knockin’ Down your dirty street? Yeah ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6018 "2023-10-03T17:28:06Z")
I hear you knockin’ But you can’t come in I hear you knockin’ Go back where you been ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6019 "2023-10-03T17:51:48Z")
I caught you knockin’ at my cellar door I love you, baby, can I have some more? Ooh, ooh, the damage done ---
**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 3, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6020 "2023-10-03T22:28:57Z")
I don’t want to play in your yard, I don’t like you anymore. You’ll be sorry when you see me, Sliding down our cellar door. I Don’t Want to Play in Your Yard – _Peggy Lee_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6021 "2023-10-04T02:18:56Z")
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s Farm, no more No, I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s Farm, no more Well, I wake up in the morning, fold my hands, and pray for rain I got a head full of ideas, that are drivin’ me insane ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6022 "2023-10-04T02:25:17Z")
Hey, daddy-o I don’t want to go down to the basement There’s somethin’ down there I don’t want to go Hey, Romeo There’s somethin’ down there I don’t want to go down to the basement [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=300) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=302)