# 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:** 397
**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 17, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7923 "2024-08-17T22:27:20Z")
Wait a minute, something’s wrong here The key won’t unlock this door Wait a minute, something’s wrong Lord, have mercy, this key won’t unlock this door Something’s goin’ wrong here I have a bad, bad feeling That my baby don’t live here no more That’s alright, I still got my guitar Look out now ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7924 "2024-08-18T04:31:11Z")
Knock twice, rap with your cane Feels nice, you’re out of the rain We got your skinny girl Here at the Western World In the night you hide from the madman You’re longing to be But it all comes out on the inside Eventually ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7925 "2024-08-19T15:42:34Z")
‘m not superstitious, about ya But I can’t take no chance You got me spinnin’ baby You know that I’m in a trance ‘Cause your love, is better Than any love I know It’s like thunder, lightning The way you love me is frightenin’ Oh you better knock, knock, knock On wood, baby ---
**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 19, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7926 "2024-08-19T16:59:34Z")
Very superstitious, Writing’s on the wall, Very superstitious, Ladders bout’ to fall, Thirteen month old baby, Broke the lookin’ glass Seven years of bad luck, The good things in your past ---
**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 19, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7927 "2024-08-19T19:59:42Z")
I ain’t superstitious Black cat crossed my trail I ain’t superstitious But a black cat crossed my trail Bad luck ain’t got me so far And I won’t let it stop me now ---
**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 19, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7928 "2024-08-19T21:03:31Z")
I’m not superstitious about you But I can’t take no chance You got me spinnin’, baby Baby, I’m in a trance 'Cause your love is better Than any love I know It’s like thunder, lightning The way you love me is frightening I’d better knock, on wood, baby ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7929 "2024-08-20T02:53:26Z")
My heart is beating faster, babe It’s beating like a big bass drum You know you got me speeding, child Faster than a bullet from a gun You’re a superstitious woman An’ I got a superstitious mind Oh, I don’t care ---
**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 20, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7930 "2024-08-20T03:36:37Z")
Ever since I was a tiny boy I don’t want no candy I don’t need no toy I took a stick and an old coffee can I bang on that thing 'til I got Blisters on my hand because I don’t want to work I want to bang on the drum all day (Yes, I do) I don’t want to play I just want to bang on the drum all day (That’s 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:** [August 20, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7931 "2024-08-20T14:42:51Z")
Well, you’re built like a car You’ve got a hubcap diamond star halo You’re built like a car, oh yeah Well, you’re an untamed youth That’s the truth with your cloak full of eagles You’re dirty, sweet and you’re my girl Get it on, bang a gong, get it on Get it on, bang a gong, get it on (oh) ---
**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 20, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7932 "2024-08-20T16:11:59Z")
Here’s my own belief about all the dirty girls That you have to clean the oyster to find the pearl And like rags that belong to you I belong to myself So don’t show up around here till your social worker’s helped How she do it, how she do it, how she do it, oh I’m gonna tell the world, you’re a dirty little girl ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7933 "2024-08-20T16:34:22Z")
To him you were nothin’ but a little plaything Not much more than an overnight fling To me you were the greatest thing this boy had ever found And girl it’s hard to find nice things On the poor side of town ---
**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 21, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7934 "2024-08-21T00:56:15Z")
Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town (ooh-ooh-ooh) And everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down (ooh-ooh-ooh) Sloopy, I don’t care what your daddy do (ooh-ooh-ooh) 'Cause you know, Sloopy, girl, I’m in love with you (ooh-ooh-ooh) And so I say now ---
**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 21, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7935 "2024-08-21T01:56:14Z")
Crazy and outta sight Call me Mr. Dynamite Baby, it’s alright Used to get together almost every night On the wrong side of town There’s nowhere else to go but down ---
**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 21, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7936 "2024-08-21T11:53:55Z")
Dirt and sweat, runnin’ down my back, Workin’ on the railroad. Work all day long up and down the railroad tracks. Workin’ on the railroad. I’m a God fearing man, and with many I stand. Workin’ on the railroad. ---
**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 21, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7937 "2024-08-21T13:44:47Z")
Do you hear that whistle down the line? I figure that it’s engine number forty-nine She’s the only one that’ll sound that way On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7938 "2024-08-21T15:02:37Z")
And I’d let that lonesome whistle Blow my blues away ---
**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 21, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7939 "2024-08-21T15:39:11Z")
The silence of a falling star Lights up a purple sky And as I wonder where you are I’m so lonesome, I could cry I’m So Lonesome, I Could Cry – _Hank Williams Sr._ _(this was actually the B-side of “My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It” when it was orginally released)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 21, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7940 "2024-08-21T20:59:03Z")
Maybe somewhere down the road a ways (The end of the line) You’ll think of me and wonder where I am these days (The end of the line, of the line) Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays (The end of the line) Purple Haze ---
**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 21, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7941 "2024-08-21T21:10:52Z")
Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain If you know what I’m singing about up here C’mon, raise your hand Purple rain, purple rain I only want to see you Only want to see you In the purple rain ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/7942 "2024-08-21T21:51:35Z")
Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say “Please share my umbrella” Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows Under my umbrella All that summer we enjoyed it Wind and rain and shine That umbrella, we employed it By August, she was mine [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=396) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=398)