# 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:** 402
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8023 "2024-09-01T14:39:08Z")
And 'til they come to get me I will hold your hand in mine ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8024 "2024-09-01T15:49:47Z")
Hold my hand Want you to hold my hand Hold my hand I’ll take you to a place where you can be Hold my hand Anything you wanna be because I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8025 "2024-09-01T15:51:47Z")
I don’t know what it is I like about you, but I like it a lot Won’t you let me hold you, now, let me feel your lovin’ touch ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8026 "2024-09-01T15:55:23Z")
I know what I like, and I like what I know; getting better in your wardrobe, stepping one beyond your show ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8027 "2024-09-01T17:34:03Z")
You can leave your hat on. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8028 "2024-09-01T17:47:12Z")
Have you seen the well-to-do Up and down Park Avenue? On that famous thoroughfare With their noses in the air High hats and Arrow collars White spats and lots of dollars Spending every dime for a wonderful time ---
**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, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8029 "2024-09-01T21:36:18Z")
Let’s go slumming, take me slumming Let’s go slumming on Park Avenue Let us hide behind a pair of fancy glasses And make faces when a member of the classes passes Let’s go smelling where they’re dwelling Sniffing everything the way they do Let us go to it, they do it Why can’t we do it too? Let’s go slumming, nose thumbing, on Park Avenue ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8030 "2024-09-01T21:42:28Z")
Down on the boulevard they take it hard They look at life with such disregard They say it can’t be won The way the game is run But if you choose to stay You wind up playing anyway It’s okay ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8031 "2024-09-02T12:34:31Z")
Well, it’s all right even if they say you’re wrong Well, it’s all right, sometimes you gotta be strong Well, it’s all right as long as you got somewhere to lay Well, it’s all right, every day is Judgment Day ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8032 "2024-09-02T17:10:33Z")
Go down, Miss Moses, there ain’t nothin’ that you can say ‘Cause just ol’ Luke and Luke’s waitin’ on the Judgment Day “Well, now Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?” He said, “Do me a favor, son, won’t you stay an’ keep Anna Lee company?” ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8033 "2024-09-02T18:44:25Z")
He said if you don’t have good words to say Don’t wake me up until the Judgment Day 'Cause if nothing is the way it seems Then this life is just a haunted dream And all this love is just falling down through the years And oh, I’d rather sleep Wake me up on Judgment Day Let me hear golden trumpets play Give me life where nothing fails Not a dream in a wishing well ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8034 "2024-09-02T19:27:21Z")
Wake up all the doctors make the ol’ people well They’re the ones who suffer an’ who catch all the hell But they don’t have so very long before the Judgement Day So won’tcha make them happy before they pass away ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8035 "2024-09-02T22:04:09Z")
The day of wrath, on that day, It will dissolve the world into glowing ashes, As attested to by David with Sibyl. ---
**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 2, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8036 "2024-09-02T22:12:00Z")
Death come a knockin’ on that Christian’s door Said, “Oh, Christian, are you ready to go?” He said, “Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes-yes-yes Because I just got on my travelin’ shoes (Ain’t paid my dues)” [Refrain] Yeah, singin’, “Yes, yes, yes” Oh, Lordy, “Yes, yes, yes Because I just got on my travelin’ shoes” Yeah, singin’, “Yes, yes, yes” Oh, Lordy, “Yes, yes, yes Because I just got on my travelin’ shoes” Yeah, singin’, “Yes, yes, yes” Oh, Lordy, “Yes, yes, yes Because I just got on my travelin’ shoes” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8037 "2024-09-02T22:15:05Z")
Lady in a turban, cocaine tree Does a dance so rhythmically She’s cryin’, and a singin’ and having a time and gee that cocaine tree look fine You’ve got to put on your sailin’ shoes Put on your sailing shoes Everyone will start to cheer When you put on your sailin’ shoes ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8038 "2024-09-04T15:32:28Z")
Hey, I put some new shoes on And suddenly everything is right I said, hey, I put some new shoes on And everybody’s smiling, it’s so inviting ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8039 "2024-09-04T21:29:08Z")
I want to put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes Just to boogie with you, yeah I want to put on my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes Just to boogie with you, yeah ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8040 "2024-09-04T23:01:39Z")
I’m your boogie man, that’s what I am I’m here to do whatever I can Be it early morning, late afternoon Or at midnight, it’s never too soon ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8041 "2024-09-04T23:09:12Z")
Yo, don’t try to front like it’s so gloomy and gray ‘Cause we all pick our boogers sometime every day Whether out in the open or on a sneak tip With a finger, tissue, or even a Q-Tip Take it from the Biz Markie because I’m jokin’ And also, remember this slogan “Hey, ma, what’s for dinner? Go up your nose and pick yourself a winner” ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8042 "2024-09-04T23:39:21Z")
You are the sunshine, baby Whenever you smile But I call you Stormy today All of a sudden, that ol’ rain’s falling down And my world is cloudy and gray [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=401) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=403)