# 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:** 368
**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:** [May 30, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7343 "2024-05-30T04:48:42Z")
Digging in the dirt Stay with me, I need support I’m digging in the dirt To find the places I got hurt Open up the places I got hurt ---
**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:** [May 30, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7344 "2024-05-30T12:37:58Z")
He crouched ever lower, ever lower with fear “They can’t let me die! They can’t let me die here! I’ll cover myself with the mud and the earth I’ll cover myself! I know I’m not brave! The earth! The earth! The earth is my grave.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7345 "2024-05-30T15:29:54Z")
I live among the dead Among all the friendly dead I’ll die among the living But I live among the dead ---
**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:** [May 30, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7346 "2024-05-30T17:40:07Z")
One thing I miss Is Cold Ethyl and her skeleton kiss We met last night Making love by the refrigerator light ---
**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:** [May 30, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7347 "2024-05-30T19:33:41Z")
Oh in the Tower of London large as life The ghost of Anne Bo-leyn walks, they de-clare For Anne Boleyn was once King Henry’s wife Un-til he had the axeman bob her hair Oh yes, he done her wrong, long years a-go And she comes back each night to tell him so… With her head tucked underneath her arm She walks the bloody tower With her head tucked underneath her arm At the mid-night hour ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7348 "2024-05-31T01:06:11Z")
I’m Henery the Eighth, I am Henery the Eighth, I am, I am I got married to the widow next door She’s been married seven times before And everyone was a Henery (Henery) She wouldn’t have Willie or a Sam (no Sam) I’m her eighth old man, I’m Henery Henery the Eighth, I am! ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7349 "2024-05-31T01:12:52Z")
I know a cat named Way Out Willie He’s got a cool little chick named Rockin’ Millie He can walk and stroll and Susie Q And do that crazy hand jive too Papa told Willie, you’ll ruin my home You and that hand jive have got to go Willie said, Papa, don’t put me down They’re doin’ the hand jive all over town Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive, doin’ that crazy hand jive ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7350 "2024-05-31T01:46:16Z")
You can dance, you can jive Having the time of your life Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene Digging the dancing queen ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7351 "2024-05-31T02:52:07Z")
When you dance Do your senses tingle, then take a chance? In a trance While the lonely mingle with circumstance? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7352 "2024-05-31T03:52:51Z")
We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind 'Cause your friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance Well, they’re no friends of mine ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7353 "2024-05-31T04:00:49Z")
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I’m gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7354 "2024-05-31T15:27:33Z")
Come dancing All her boyfriends used to come and call Why not come dancing? It’s only natural ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7355 "2024-05-31T17:54:27Z")
It can cut you like a knife, if the gift becomes the fire On a wire between will and what will be She’s a maniac, maniac on the floor And she’s dancing like she’s never danced before ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7356 "2024-05-31T18:32:17Z")
That girl is pretty wild now (the girl’s a super freak) The kind of girl you read about (in new-wave magazines) That girl is pretty kinky (the girl’s a super freak) I really love to taste her (every time we meet) She’s alright, she’s alright That girl’s alright with me Yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey! ---
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7357 "2024-05-31T20:50:22Z")
Well, I can see her now with her headphones on Jumpin’ up and down to her favorite song I still remember when she used to wanna make a lot of noise Hoppin’ and boppin’ with the street corner boys She used to love to party, she used to love to go I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7358 "2024-06-01T01:30:11Z")
No fears alone at night She’s sailing through the crowd In her ears, the phones are tight And the music’s playing loud She gets rock and roll and a rock and roll station And a rock and roll dream She’s making movies on location She don’t know what it means And the music make her wanna be the story And the story was whatever was the song, what it was Rollergirl, don’t worry D.J. play the movies all night long, all night long ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7359 "2024-06-01T01:45:20Z")
We can all thank Doctor B He stepped across the line With lots of watts, he took control The first one of its kind So listen to your radio Most each and every night 'Cause if you don’t, I’m sure you won’t Get to feeling right ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7360 "2024-06-01T16:18:24Z")
You live your life in the songs you hear On the rock ‘n’ roll radio And when a young girl doesn’t have any friends That’s a really nice place to go ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7361 "2024-06-01T16:52:16Z")
I’d sit alone and watch your light My only friend through teenage nights And everything I had to know I heard it on my radio You gave them all those old-time stars Through wars of worlds, invaded by Mars You made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry You made us feel like we could fly ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7362 "2024-06-01T16:58:45Z")
Do you remember Hullabaloo Upbeat, Shindig and Ed Sullivan too? Do you remember rock 'n roll radio? Do you remember rock 'n roll radio? Do you remember Murray the K Alan Freed and high energy? It’s the end, the end of the 70’s It’s the end, the end of the century [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=367) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=369)