# 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:** 303
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6043 "2023-10-06T20:48:56Z")
Ooh now my body is starting to quiver And the palms of my hands getting wet, oh I got no reason to doubt you baby It’s all a terrible mess And I’ll run in the rain till I’m breathless When I’m breathless I’ll run 'til I drop, hey! And the thoughts of a fool’s kind of careless I’m just a fool waiting on the wrong block, oh yeah ---
**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 6, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6044 "2023-10-06T21:00:29Z")
I got chills, they’re multiplying And I’m losing control 'Cause the power you’re supplying It’s electrifying! ---
**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 6, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6045 "2023-10-06T22:03:25Z")
I send your name Up into the sky And the wind blows it back into my face You see, even nature Reacts on me And all my electricity Will make it across your sea ---
**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 7, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6046 "2023-10-07T10:19:19Z")
Somewhere beyond the sea Somewhere waiting for me My lover stands on golden sands And watches the ships that go sailing Beyond the Sea (La Mer). Ray Conniff ---
**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 7, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6047 "2023-10-07T23:15:18Z")
Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you know the way it’s supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline, let us be Talkin’ 'bout very free and easy ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6048 "2023-10-08T20:54:23Z")
Gonna ride across the river, deep and wide Ride across the river to the other side ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6049 "2023-10-08T22:49:54Z")
If you listen you can hear it call, There’s river called the River of no Return, Sometimes it’s peaceful, sometimes it’s wild and free… ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6050 "2023-10-08T23:12:31Z")
They say the sea turns so dark that You know it’s time, you see the sign They say the point Demon’s Guard is An ocean grave, for all the brave Was it you that said “How long, how long How long to the point of know return?” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6051 "2023-10-09T01:36:05Z")
We sailed for parts unknown to man Where ships come home to die No lofty peak, nor fortress bold Could match our captain’s eye Upon the seventh seasick day We made our port of call A sand so white, and sea so blue No mortal place at all ---
**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 9, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6052 "2023-10-09T01:39:53Z")
“Our sails swell full as we brave all seas On a westward wind to live as we please With the wicked wild-eyed woman of Portobello town Where we’ve been told that a purse of gold Buys many man a crown They will serve you and clothe you Exchange your rags for the velvet coats of Kings.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6053 "2023-10-09T14:16:33Z")
There’s a port on a western bay And it serves a hundred ships a day Lonely sailors pass the time away And talk about their homes And there’s a girl in this harbor town And she works layin’ whiskey down They say, Brandy, fetch another round She serves them whiskey and wine ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6054 "2023-10-09T16:38:11Z")
Everybody, listen to me And return me, my ship I’m your captain, I’m your captain Although I’m feeling mighty sick I’ve been lost now, days uncounted And it’s months since I’ve seen home Can you hear me, can you hear me Or am I all alone ---
**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 9, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6055 "2023-10-09T17:15:35Z")
The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle With Gilligan The Skipper too, The millionaire and his wife, The movie star The Professor and Mary Ann Here on Gilligan’s Isle. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6056 "2023-10-09T21:37:24Z")
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale A tale of a fateful trip That started in this big spaceport Aboard this big starship The mate was a pointy-eared Vulcan lad The Captain, brave and sure 300 extras signed onboard For a five year tour A five year tour… ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6057 "2023-10-09T22:11:54Z")
She packed my bags last night preflight Zero hour 9:0O am And I’m gonna be high as a kite, by then ---
**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 9, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6058 "2023-10-09T23:47:16Z")
Having been some days in preparation A splendid time is guaranteed for all And tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill! ---
**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 10, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6059 "2023-10-10T11:59:35Z")
On board were the Twelve: The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist The magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends Though Gods they were And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6060 "2023-10-10T15:19:37Z")
They were blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6061 "2023-10-10T21:24:03Z")
Run for home, run as fast as I can Whoa, running man, running for home Run for home, run as fast as I can Whoa, running man, running for home _Run for Home. Lindisfarne_ ---
**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 11, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6062 "2023-10-11T12:44:13Z")
And so we’re running just as fast as we can Holding on to one another’s hand Trying to get away into the night And then you put your arms around me As we tumble to the ground and then you say I think we’re alone now [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=304)