# 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:** 316
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6303 "2023-11-12T21:52:13Z")
Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, doo-dah, doo-dah Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda Tighter tighter, honey honey, sugar sugar, yummy yummy CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6304 "2023-11-12T23:06:46Z")
Jimi gave us rainbows And Janis took a piece of our hearts And Otis brought us all to the dock of a bay Sing a song to light my fire, remember Jim that way They’ve all found another place, another place to play ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6305 "2023-11-13T00:52:51Z")
Donovan in a dream-like, tripped out way His crystal images, hey, they tell you 'bout a brighter day And when The Beatles tell you (they’ll tell you) They’ve got a word, love to sell you (only in love) And they mean exactly what they say ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6306 "2023-11-13T03:57:22Z")
Dog goes “woof” Cat goes “meow” Bird goes “tweet” And mouse goes “squeak” Cow goes “moo” Frog goes “croak” And the elephant goes “toot” Ducks say “quack” And fish go “blub” And the seal goes “ow ow ow” But there’s one sound That no one knows What does the fox say? ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6307 "2023-11-13T20:16:19Z")
Who is the fox? (I am the fox) Who are you? (I am me) Who is me? (Me is a thief) You’ll bring your poor, poor mother grief ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6308 "2023-11-13T20:50:14Z")
Oh, the fox went out on a chilly night And he prayed for the moon to give him light, For he’d many a mile to go that night Before he reached the town-o. The Fox – _folk song_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6309 "2023-11-13T21:49:19Z")
Oh, you’re gonna wreck my mind I hope you do it all the time Love your body, it rocks I know you’re crazy And you’re a fox ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6310 "2023-11-14T01:46:26Z")
Fox on the run You scream and everybody comes a-running Take a run and hide yourself away ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6311 "2023-11-14T01:48:54Z")
Yeah, I should have known it from the very start This girl would leave me with a broken heart Now, listen people what I’m tellin’ you I’d keep away from a Runaround Sue ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6312 "2023-11-14T01:52:35Z")
Oh well, there’s Flo on my left and there’s Mary on my right And Janie is the girl with that I’ll be with tonight And when she asks me which one I love the best? I tear open my shirt, I got Rosie on my chest 'Cause I’m a wanderer Yeah, a wanderer I roam around, around, around ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6313 "2023-11-14T01:58:51Z")
And it starts sometime around midnight Or at least that’s when you lose yourself for a minute or two As you stand under the bar lights And the band plays some song About forgetting yourself for a while And the piano’s this melancholy soundcheck to her smile And that white dress she’s wearing You haven’t seen her for a while ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6314 "2023-11-14T04:36:34Z")
Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon Politicians say more taxes will solve everything And the band played on ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6315 "2023-11-14T16:36:06Z")
Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde And the band played on He’d glide cross the floor with the girl he adored And the band played on His brain was so loaded It nearly exploded The poor girl would shake with alarm He’d ne’er leave the girl with the strawberry curls And the band played on _Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians_ ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6316 "2023-11-14T22:22:53Z")
When you move in right up close to me That’s when I get the shakes all over me Quivers down my back bone I’ve got the shakes down the kneebone Yeah havin’ the tremors in the thighbone Shakin’ all over ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6317 "2023-11-15T03:21:11Z")
The leg bone’s connected to the knee bone The knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone The thigh bone’s connected to the hip bone Now shake dem skeleton bones ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6318 "2023-11-16T01:29:59Z")
Shake shake (come on), shake shake (come on) on your booty Aah! do your duty. Aah haa Shake shake (come on), shake shake (come on) ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6319 "2023-11-16T11:45:02Z")
Come on, Eileen Come on, Eileen Poor old Johnnie Ray Sounded sad upon the radio Moved a million hearts in mono Our mothers cried Sang along, who’d blame them? _Come On Eileen. Dexys Midnight Runners_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6320 "2023-11-16T18:24:34Z")
Let’s all get up and dance to a song That was a hit before you mother was born Though she was born a long, long time ago Your mother should know Your mother should know ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6321 "2023-11-16T18:39:28Z")
I stand accused of talking But I feel that we are falling In the same old groove The radio is playing Spitting out the same old news It’s time to get up, get out Get out into something new Time to get up, get out Out into something new ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6322 "2023-11-16T20:12:09Z")
Sleep delays my life (Get up, get up) Where does time go? (Get up, get up, get up) I don’t know [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=315) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=317)