# 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:** 395
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7883 "2024-08-10T20:20:51Z")
Nobody does it better Makes me feel sad for the rest Nobody does it half as good as you Baby, baby, you’re the best ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7884 "2024-08-11T02:46:35Z")
My loneliness Is killing me and I I must confess I still believe, still believe When I’m not with you I lose my mind Give me a sign Hit me, baby, one more time ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7885 "2024-08-11T03:17:52Z")
I’ve been in a cave for forty days Only a spark to light my way I wanna give out, I wanna give in This is our crime This is our sin But I still believe, I still believe Through the pain and through the grief Through the lives, through the storms Through the cries and through the wars ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7886 "2024-08-11T05:49:46Z")
I’m out here kickin’ with the band I am no longer a solitary man Every day my time runs out Live like a fool, that’s what I was about Oh, I believe in miracles I believe in a better world for me and you Oh-oh, I believe in miracles I believe in a better world for me and you ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7887 "2024-08-11T06:06:08Z")
Don’t know that I will but until I can find me A girl who’ll stay and won’t play games behind me I’ll be what I am A solitary man Solitary man Solitary Man – _Neil Diamond_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7888 "2024-08-11T16:00:45Z")
He went to fight wars For his country and his king For his honor and his glory The people would sing Ooh, what a lucky man he was ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7889 "2024-08-11T16:01:32Z")
I am just an aging drummer boy And in the wars I used to play And I’ve called a tune, to many a torture session Now they say I am a war criminal And I’m fading away Father, please hear my confession ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7890 "2024-08-11T16:04:51Z")
Slime and rot and rats and snot Vomit on the floor Fifty ugly soldier men Holdin’ spears by the iron door Stinks so bad, stones are chokin’ Weepin’ greenish drops In the den where The giant fire puffer works And the torture never stops The torture never stops, torture The torture never stops The torture never stops ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7891 "2024-08-11T22:36:46Z")
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming We’re finally on our own This summer I hear the drumming Four dead in Ohio Gotta get down to it, soldiers are cutting us down Should have been gone long ago What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7892 "2024-08-12T12:04:12Z")
By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere was a song And a celebration ---
**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:** [August 12, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7893 "2024-08-12T12:42:21Z")
Two, one two three four Ev’rybody’s talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m. All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance ---
**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:** [August 12, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7894 "2024-08-12T15:32:05Z")
I was Union Jacked, Kerouac’d John Birched, stopped and searched Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I’m blind I’ve been Ayn Randed, nearly branded Communist 'cos I’m lefthanded: That’s the hand they use, well, never mind! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7895 "2024-08-12T15:39:00Z")
How does it feel? How does it feel? To be on your own With no direction home A complete unknown Like a rolling stone? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7896 "2024-08-12T17:08:44Z")
Papa was a rolling stone Wherever he laid his hat was his home And when he died, all he left us was alone Papa was a rolling stone (my son, yeah) Wherever he laid his hat was his home And when he died, all he left us was alone ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7897 "2024-08-12T21:14:35Z")
Reuben James All the folks around Madison County cussed your name You’re just a no-account, sharecropping colored man Who would steal anything he can And everybody laid the blame on Reuben James Reuben James, for you still walk the furrowed field of my mind Faded shirt, the weathered brow The calloused hands upon the plow I loved you then and I love you now, Reuben James ---
**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:** [August 12, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7898 "2024-08-12T22:43:52Z")
Every day, I had to work the fields 'Cause that’s the only way we got our meals See, I was the oldest of the family And everybody else depended on me Every night I heard my mama pray “Lord, give him strength to make another day” Though, years have passed and all the kids are grown The angels took mama to a brand-new home Lord knows people, I shed a tear But my daddy’s voice helped me through the years ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7899 "2024-08-13T01:50:08Z")
Do you ever get that feeling and want to kiss and hug her? Do it now Tell her you love her. Don’t do to your mom what I did to mine. She grew so lonely In the end. Angels picked her for a friend. … And I can never go home (never) anymore And that’s called “sad”. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7900 "2024-08-13T11:49:45Z")
The first thing I remember knowin’ Was a lonesome whistle blowin’ And a young un’s dream of growin’ up to ride On a freight train leavin’ town Not knowin’ where I’m bound And no one could change my mind but Mama tried ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7901 "2024-08-13T13:13:42Z")
Freight train, freight train, run so fast Freight train, freight train, run so fast Please don’t tell what train I’m on They won’t know what route I’m gone ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7902 "2024-08-13T14:58:34Z")
Look a-yonder comin’ Comin’ down that railroad track Hey, look a-yonder comin’ Comin’ down that railroad track It’s the Orange Blossom Special Bringin’ my baby back [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=394) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=396)