# 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:** 401
**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 28, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8003 "2024-08-28T18:41:15Z")
I’ll buy you diamond rings, my friend If it makes you feel alright I’ll give you anything my friend If it makes you feel alright I’ll give you all I’ve got to give If you say you love me too I don’t care too much for money 'Cause money can’t buy me love ---
**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 28, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8004 "2024-08-28T21:44:39Z")
Everybody have you heard He’s gonna buy me a mockingbird And if that mockingbird won’t sing He’s gonna buy me a diamond ring And if that diamond ring won’t shine He’s gonna surely break this heart of mine And that’s why I keep on tellin’ everybody Say yeah, yeah whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, uh, oh ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8005 "2024-08-29T00:40:33Z")
I rode my bicycle past your window last night I roller-skated to your door at daylight It almost seems like you’re avoiding me I’m okay alone, but you’ve got something I need Well, I’ve got a brand-new pair of roller skates You’ve got a brand-new key I think that we should get together And try them on to see ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8006 "2024-08-30T05:10:08Z")
Messages keep getting clearer Radio’s on, and I’m moving 'round my place I check my look in the mirror Wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face And I ain’t getting nowhere I’m just living in a dump like this There’s something happening somewhere Baby, I just know that there is You can’t start a fire You can’t start a fire without a spark This gun’s for hire Even if we’re just dancing in the dark ---
**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 30, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8007 "2024-08-30T08:13:48Z")
Death comes sweeping through the hallway, like a lady’s dress Death comes driving down the highway, in its Sunday best A fire of unknown origin took my baby away A fire of unknown origin took my baby away ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8008 "2024-08-30T11:34:30Z")
Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way Oh Monday mornin’ you gave me no warnin’ of what was to be Oh Monday, Monday, how could you leave and not take me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8009 "2024-08-30T14:58:07Z")
What I’ve got they used to call the blues Nothin’ is really wrong Feelin’ like I don’t belong Walkin’ around Some kind of lonely clown Rainy days and Mondays always get me down ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8010 "2024-08-30T15:06:31Z")
It’s just another manic Monday (Woah, woah) I wish it was Sunday (Woah, woah) 'Cause that’s my fun day (Woah, woah, woah, woah) My I don’t have to run day (Woah, woah) It’s just another manic Monday ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8011 "2024-08-30T15:09:21Z")
I don’t care if Monday’s blue Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too Thursday, I don’t care about you It’s Friday, I’m in love ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8012 "2024-08-30T15:47:18Z")
Monday, nothing Tuesday, nothing Wednesday and Thursday nothing Friday, for a change a little more nothing Saturday once more nothing Sunday nothing ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8013 "2024-08-30T16:46:39Z")
Nothin’ from nothin’ leaves nothin’ You gotta have somethin’ if you wanna be with me Nothin’ from nothin’ leaves nothin’ You gotta have somethin’ if you wanna be with 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:** [August 31, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8014 "2024-08-31T02:30:25Z")
I ain’t never done nothin’ to nobody I ain’t never got nothin’ from nobody, no time And until I get somethin’ from somebody, sometime I don’t intend to do nothin’ for nobody, no time ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8015 "2024-08-31T16:07:18Z")
I ain’t got nobody That I can depend on ---
**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 31, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8016 "2024-08-31T17:33:11Z")
When it seems your friends desert you There’s somebody thinking of you I’m the one who’ll never hurt you Maybe that’s because I love 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:** [August 31, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8017 "2024-08-31T17:34:57Z")
You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I’ll come running To see you again Winter, spring, summer or fall All you have to do is call And I’ll be there You’ve got a friend ---
**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 31, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8018 "2024-08-31T18:15:50Z")
If you’re ever up a tree Call on me If you ever lose your teeth when you’re out to dine Borrow mine It’s friendship, friendship Just the perfect blendship ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8019 "2024-08-31T19:33:13Z")
But every song’s like: Gold teeth Grey Goose Tripping in the bathroom Bloodstains Ball gowns Trashing the hotel room We don’t care, we’re driving Cadillacs in our dreams ---
**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 31, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8020 "2024-08-31T19:41:33Z")
And sure, the government Won’t admit they faked the whole moon landing Thought control beams, psychotronic scanning Don’t mind that I’m protected cuz I made this hat From aluminum foil (Foil) Wear a hat that’s foil-lined In case an alien’s inclined To probe your butt or read your mind Looks a bit peculiar ('Culiar) Seems a little crazy But one day I’ll prove (I’ll prove, I’ll prove, I’ll prove) There’s a big conspiracy ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8021 "2024-08-31T21:02:54Z")
Girl, I want you here with me But I’m really not as cool as I’d like to be 'Cause there’s a red under my bed And there’s a little yellow man in my head And there’s a true blue inside of me That keeps stopping me, touching ya, watching ya, loving ya ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8022 "2024-09-01T01:16:12Z")
They´re coming to take me away, Haha, they´re coming to take me away, Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha, To the funny farm Where life is beautiful all the time And I´ll be happy to see Those nice young men In their clean white coats And they´re coming to take me AWAY, HA HAAAA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=400) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=402)