# 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:** 376
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7503 "2024-06-13T19:52:30Z")
On an evening in June Well it lifts me up When I’m talking to you On an evening in June When the flowers are in bloom And the sky is so blue –Van Morrison ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7504 "2024-06-13T21:33:22Z")
Everyone’s feeling pretty It’s hotter than July Though the world’s full of problems They couldn’t touch us even if they tried From the park, I hear rhythms Marley’s hot on the box Tonight, there will be a party On the corner at the end of the block ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7505 "2024-06-13T22:12:01Z")
But I can see us lost in the memory August slipped away into a moment in time 'Cause it was never mine And I can see us twisted in bedsheets August sipped away like a bottle of wine 'Cause you were never mine ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7506 "2024-06-13T23:01:26Z")
The sky is an endless ocean The deepest kind of blue Don’t let September Come too soon Falling through the summer haze All my thoughts are blown away Forever hours, a field of tall flowers And you ---
**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 14, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7507 "2024-06-14T00:03:32Z")
Singing to an ocean, I can hear the ocean’s roar Play for free and play for me, and play a whole lot more, more Singing 'bout good things and the sun that lights the day I used to sing on the mountains, has the ocean lost its way? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7508 "2024-06-14T03:54:16Z")
Down by the seaside See the boats go sailin’ Can the people hear Oh, what the little fish are sayin’? Oh, oh, people turned away Oh, people turned away ---
**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 14, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7509 "2024-06-14T11:25:45Z")
We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow The hammer of the gods Will drive our ships to new lands To fight the horde, sing and cry Valhalla, I am coming On we sweep with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7510 "2024-06-14T14:14:42Z")
(Go west) life is peaceful there (Go west) in the open air (Go west) baby, you and me (Go west) this is our destiny ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7511 "2024-06-14T14:41:26Z")
Go away, little girl Go away, little girl It’s hurtin’ me more each minute that you delay When you are near me like this You’re much too hard to resist So, go away, little girl, before I beg you to stay. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7512 "2024-06-14T15:26:14Z")
So hurry home to your mama I’m sure she wonders where you are Get out of here Before I have the time To change my mind 'Cause I’m afraid we’ll go too far ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7513 "2024-06-14T16:03:53Z")
Don’t sing love songs, you’ll wake my mother She’s sleeping here, right by my side And in her right hand a silver dagger She says that I can’t be your bride ---
**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 14, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7514 "2024-06-14T17:02:46Z")
You’d think that people would’ve had enough of silly love songs But I look around me and I see it isn’t so Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs And what’s wrong with that? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7515 "2024-06-14T17:52:04Z")
This is a hate song, just meant for you I thought that I’d write it down, while I still could I hope when you hear this, you’ll want to sue ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7516 "2024-06-14T20:25:55Z")
This time this is my fight song Take back my life song Prove I’m alright song My power’s turned on Starting right now I’ll be strong I’ll play my fight song And I don’t really care If nobody else believes 'Cause I’ve still got A lot of fight left in me ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7517 "2024-06-14T21:12:02Z")
Woah, backs broke bendin’, diggin’ holes to plant the seeds The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds Puttin’ wood in the stove and water in the cup You worked so hard that you died standin’ up ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7518 "2024-06-15T16:42:34Z")
Dealers keep dealin’ Thieves keep thievin’ Whores keep whorin’ Junkies keep scorin’ Trade is on the meat rack Strip joints full of hunchbacks Bitches keep bitchin’ Clap just keeps a-itchin’ Ain’t no use in prayin’ That’s the way it’s stayin’, baby Johnny ain’t so crazy He’s always got a line for the ladies Yeah-yeah-yeah ---
**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:** [June 15, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7519 "2024-06-15T17:22:07Z")
Powers, keep on lying While your people keep on dying World, keep on turning 'Cause it won’t be too long I’m so darn glad he let me try it again Because my last time on Earth, I lived a whole world of sin I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then Gonna keep on trying 'Til I reach my highest ground ---
**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:** [June 15, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7520 "2024-06-15T18:10:33Z")
Between the iron gates of fate, The seeds of time were sown, And watered by the deeds of those Who know and who are known; Knowledge is a deadly friend If no one sets the rules The fate of all mankind I see Is in the hands of fools ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7521 "2024-06-16T14:49:43Z")
I don’t like walking around this old and empty house So hold my hand, I’ll walk with you my dear The stairs creak as you sleep It’s keeping me awake It’s the house telling you to close your eyes And some days I can’t even dress myself It’s killing me to see you this way 'Cause though the truth may vary This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore ---
**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 16, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7522 "2024-06-16T14:51:51Z")
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