# 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:** 332
**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:** [January 9, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6623 "2024-01-09T16:11:01Z")
I like to sit in back and watch out for cops Play with baby’s hair, play with baby’s top And when she gets tired that way I whisper in her ear an’ say, “Bend over, I’ll drive” ---
**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:** [January 9, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6624 "2024-01-09T16:28:36Z")
You can’t go on, thinking nothing’s wrong, but now Who’s gonna drive you home tonight? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6625 "2024-01-09T17:08:15Z")
Where you going? Can I go with you? Hey, take me with you… Don’t go away mad. Darling, please come back… Don’t you see that I just don’t care what they say Take me with you…honey Is my love gonna reach you so slow ??? Hey, there’s a car! Watch out for the car! Oh, Oh-no no Did you do it for me? Condition Red I’ll never see you again Condition Red Condition Red ---
**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:** [January 9, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6626 "2024-01-09T18:04:38Z")
Look I understand too little too late I realize there are things you say and do You can never take back But what would you be if you didn’t even try You have to try So after a lot of thought I’d like to reconsider Please If it’s not too late Make it a cheeseburger ---
**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:** [January 9, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6627 "2024-01-09T19:46:22Z")
Cheeseburger in paradise Heaven on Earth with an onion slice Not too particular, not too precise I’m just a cheeseburger in paradise RIP Jimmy. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6628 "2024-01-10T01:04:28Z")
Oh, but folks lately I have been spotted With a Big Mac on my breath Stumbling into a Colonel Sanders With a face as white as death ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6629 "2024-01-10T17:13:43Z")
This farmer had these chickens since he was twenty-four Working for the Colonel for thirty years or more Raising all those chickens up to send them off to fry And now they want revenge: Ghost Chickens in the Sky ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6630 "2024-01-10T17:47:53Z")
The voice on the speaker says “I don’t have all day!” I said, then, take our order, And we’ll be on our way! I wanna get a chicken sandwich And I want a cheeseburger, too She’s like “you want onions on that?” I’m like, yeah, I already said that I do ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6631 "2024-01-10T22:01:18Z")
The world is just a great big onion And pain and fear are the spices that make you cry Oh, baby, and the only way to get rid of this great big onion Is to plant love seeds until it dies, uh-huh _The Onion Song. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell_ ---
**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:** [January 10, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6632 "2024-01-10T22:55:39Z")
I don’t like snails, or toads, or frogs Or strange things living under logs But, mmm, I love onions I don’t like dancin’ with crazy Ted He’s always jumpin’ on my head But, mmm, I love onions ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6633 "2024-01-11T04:42:33Z")
All right people, the rest of the hard working All star blues brothers are gonna be out here in a minute Including my little brother Jake But right now, I’d like to talk a little bit about this tune you’re hearing This is of course the Green Onions tune ---
**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:** [January 11, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6634 "2024-01-11T13:27:40Z")
Keep rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Though the streams are swollen Keep them dogies rollin’ rawhide Through rain and wind and weather Hell-bent for leather Wishin’ my gal was by my side All the things I’m missin’ Good vittles, love, and kissin’ Are waiting at the end of my ride ---
**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:** [January 11, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6635 "2024-01-11T21:55:25Z")
Rollin’, rollin’ Ain’t gonna worry no more Used to worry about gamblin’ Throwin’ my money away Used to worry about wastin’ time And layin’ round the house all day _Rollin’ . Randy Newman_ ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6636 "2024-01-12T16:26:28Z")
There’s a place in the world for a gambler There’s a burden that only he can bear ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6637 "2024-01-12T21:49:10Z")
Now the only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk And the only time when he’s satisfied is when he’s on a drunk. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6638 "2024-01-13T04:07:23Z")
I’d invite you back to my place It’s only mine because it holds my suitcase It looks home to me alright But it’s a hundred miles from yesterday night ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6639 "2024-01-13T05:48:48Z")
If you miss the train I’m on You will know that I am gone You can hear the whistle blow A hundred miles ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6640 "2024-01-13T05:58:18Z")
Last train to London, just heading out Last train to London, just leaving town But I really want tonight to last forever I really wanna be with you Let the music play on down the line tonight ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6641 "2024-01-13T12:01:57Z")
Yeah, heard the diesel drumming All down the line Yeah, heard the wires a humming All down the line. Yeah, hear the women sighing All down the line Yeah, watch the children crying All down the line ---
**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:** [January 13, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6642 "2024-01-13T12:42:29Z")
Maybe somewhere down the road a ways (At the end of the line) You’ll think of me, and wonder where I am these days (At the end of the line, end of the line) Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays (At the end of the line) Purple haze [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=333)