# 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:** 337
**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 30, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6723 "2024-01-30T06:10:00Z")
Well, he’s trying to survive up on Mulholland Drive He’s got the phone in the car in his hand Everybody’s trying to be a friend of mine Even a dog can shake hands ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6724 "2024-01-30T15:37:15Z")
He’s got the whole world in his hands. He’s got the whole wide world in his hands. He’s got the wind and the rain in his hands. He’s got the whole world in his hands. . . . ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6725 "2024-01-30T15:49:39Z")
When I was a young boy My mama said to me ‘There’s only one girl in the world for you And she probably lives in Tahiti’ I’d go the whole wide world I’d go the whole wide world just to find her ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6726 "2024-01-30T16:32:21Z")
Oh, well, a young man Ain’t got nothin’ in the world these days I said a young man Ain’t got nothin’ in the world these days Well, you know in the old days When a young man was a strong man All the people, they’d step back When a young man walked by ---
**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 30, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6727 "2024-01-30T21:44:07Z")
When John Henry was a little baby. Sittin’ on his Daddy’s knee, He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel and he said, “This hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord, This hammer be the death of 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:** [January 30, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6728 "2024-01-30T22:02:26Z")
I mean, we have to do two, two fuckin’ shows, two nights in a row! You know what it’s like to beat the shit out of the fuckin’ drums, two shows, two nights in a row? I mean, I can’t fuckin’ take that kinda shit! My hands. Hey. I feel like I’ve been pounding nails, I feel like I’ve been hittin’ my goddamn hands with a hammer. ---
**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 31, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6729 "2024-01-31T13:45:55Z")
Death can get a person stressed “We should have carpe’d way more diems Now we’re never gonna see 'em” I can show you what comes next So don’t be freaked Stay in your seats I do this bullshit, like, eight times a week So just relax, you’ll be fine Drink your fifty-dollar wine And take a breath Welcome to a show about death ---
**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 31, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6730 "2024-01-31T17:09:29Z")
Right before your eyes we pull laughter from the skies And he laughs until he cries, then he dies, then he dies Come inside, the show’s about to start Guaranteed to blow your head apart You’ve got to see the show, it’s a dynamo You’ve got to see the show, it’s rock and roll, oh Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of vaseline Will perform on guillotine, what a scene, what a scene Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand To Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Dixieland, Dixieland Roll up, roll up, roll up! See the show! ---
**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 31, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6731 "2024-01-31T19:25:13Z")
Roll up! Roll up for the Mystery Tour Roll up! Roll up for the Mystery Tour Roll up! (That’s an invitation) Roll up for the Mystery Tour Roll up! (To make a reservation) Roll up for the Mystery Tour ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6732 "2024-01-31T20:10:45Z")
So if you’re tired of the same old story Oh, baby, turn some pages I’ll be here when you are ready To roll with the changes Baby, roll with the changes Oh, you know, you know, you know You got to (keep on rollin’) Oh, yeah (keep on rollin’) Oh, roll with the changes Keep on rollin’ (keep on rollin’) Oh, yeah (keep on rollin’) Oh, now roll with the changes ---
**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 31, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6733 "2024-01-31T20:23:29Z")
But your thoughts will soon be wanderin’ The way they always do When you’re ridin’ 16 hours There’s nothin’ much to do And you don’t feel much like ridin’ You just wish the trip was through Here I am, on the road again There I am, up on the stage There I go playin’ the star again There I go, turn the page ---
**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 31, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6734 "2024-01-31T20:35:07Z")
I’ve been drivin’ all night, my hands wet on the wheel There’s a voice in my head that drives my heel It’s my baby callin’, sayin’, “I need you here” And it’s a half past four and I’m shiftin’ gear When she is lonely and the longing gets too much She sends a cable, coming in from above Don’t need no phone at all We’ve got a thing that’s called radar love We’ve got a wave in the air Radar love ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6735 "2024-01-31T20:46:51Z")
Now throw your hands in the air And wave 'em like you just don’t care And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit Everybody let me hear you say, “Oh-yeah-yer” ---
**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 31, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6736 "2024-01-31T21:52:24Z")
You put your right arm in You take your right arm out You put your right arm in And you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around That’s what it’s all about ---
**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 31, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6737 "2024-01-31T23:34:40Z")
Baby, if you got to rock I got to be your rockin’ horse Baby, think you’d like to roll Maybe you’re diggin’ it more They’re shakin’ the world When it’s time to crash But when I get home tonight I guess I got to shake myself ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6738 "2024-02-01T01:22:23Z")
Sweet little babe oh don’t you go You ain’t so innocent I know Ooh I know your heart’s like mine oh yeah And I will find the time to make you mine Ooh and if your love goes bad if it makes you sad Then I’ll be back for more at your door Rock me, rock me Roll me through the night ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6739 "2024-02-01T16:27:12Z")
Mm, rock me gently, rock me slowly Take it easy, don’t you know That I have never been loved like this before ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6740 "2024-02-01T17:39:39Z")
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6741 "2024-02-01T22:06:43Z")
They’re really rockin’ in Boston In Pittsburgh, P.A. Deep in the heart of Texas And 'round the Frisco Bay All over St. Louis And down in New Orleans All the cats are gonna dance with Sweet Little Sixteen ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/6742 "2024-02-02T01:12:34Z")
They’re dancing in Chicago (dancing in the street) Down in New Orleans (dancing in the street) In New York City (dancing in the street) All we need is music, sweet music There’ll be music everywhere [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=336) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=338)