# 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:** 405
**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 9, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8083 "2024-09-09T03:17:30Z")
We were born to go, We’re never turning back We were born to go, and leave a burning track ---
**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 9, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8084 "2024-09-09T08:27:40Z")
We are young Heartache to heartache we stand No promises, no demands Both of us knowing Love is a battlefield ---
**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 9, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8085 "2024-09-09T13:35:59Z")
Like a thief in the night who can’t get enough I am willing to fight 'cause I’m a soldier of love Like a shot in the dark when the going gets rough It’s a state of the heart, you’re a soldier of love ---
**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 9, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8086 "2024-09-09T14:24:49Z")
Look out, look out, for when you see his lantern shine That’s the time to jump right up and shout ‘HELP!’ He’d steal a horse and cart He’d even steal a girlie’s heart When Jimmy Valentine gets out ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8087 "2024-09-09T17:35:03Z")
When Josie comes home, so good She’s the pride of the neighborhood She’s the raw flame, the live wire She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire ---
**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 9, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8088 "2024-09-09T18:51:01Z")
Sometimes, they’ll want to leave her Just give up and leave her But they would never play that scene In spite of all her talking Once she starts in walking The lady will be all they ever dreamed Oh, they’ll love to watch her strut Oh, they’ll kill to make the cut They love to watch her strut ---
**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 9, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8089 "2024-09-09T20:12:56Z")
He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge Struttin’ her stuff on the street She said, “Hello, hey Joe, you wanna give it a go?” Oh, uh-huh Gitchie, gitchie, ya-ya, da-da (hey, hey, hey) Gitchie, gitchie, ya-ya, here (here) Mocha Chocolata, ya-ya (ooh, yeah) Creole Lady Marmalade ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8090 "2024-09-09T22:33:57Z")
I met her in a club down in old Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes like Coca-Cola C-O-L-A, Cola She walked up to me and she asked me to dance I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, “Lola” L-O-L-A, Lola Lo-Lo-Lo-Lo-Lola ---
**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:** [September 9, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8091 "2024-09-09T22:58:58Z")
Not in play – > [@knoodler](#): > > I met her in a club down in old Soho > Where you drink champagne and it tastes like Coca-Cola > C-O-L-A, Cola The BBC banned this song from airplay for a time until the Kinks re-recorded the song to change the line to “cherry cola”, as the original use of the specific name “Coca-Cola” violated BBC Radio’s policy against product placement. In play – Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets And little man, little Lola wants you! Make up your mind to have _(up your mind to have)_ No regrets _(no regrets)_ – Recline yourself, resign yourself, You’re through. Whatever Lola Wants – _Sarah Vaughn (although it was originally performed on the Broadway stage by Gwen Verdon in ‘Damn Yankees’)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8092 "2024-09-10T02:37:48Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > The BBC banned this song from airplay for a time until the Kinks re-recorded the song to change the line to “cherry cola”, as the original use of the specific name “Coca-Cola” violated BBC Radio’s policy against product placement. I _knew_ I heard them say “cherry cola” but couldn’t find it anywhere. ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8093 "2024-09-10T16:34:04Z")
Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl But that was thirty years ago When they used to have a show Now it’s a disco, but not for Lola Still in the dress she used to wear Faded feathers in her hair She sits there so refined And drinks herself half-blind She lost her youth and she lost her Tony Now she’s lost her mind At the Copa, Copacabana (Copa, Copacabana) The hottest spot north of Havana (Here) At the Copa, Copacabana (Copacabana) Music and passion were always the fashion At the Copa Don’t fall in love ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8094 "2024-09-10T16:53:09Z")
Met a girl called Lola and I took her back to my place Feeling guilty, feeling scared, hidden cameras everywhere Stop! Hold on, stay in control 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:** ![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 11, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8095 "2024-09-11T17:06:11Z")
Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I’ll be watching you Every move you make Every step you take I’ll be watching you ---
**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 11, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8096 "2024-09-11T17:40:17Z")
Private eyes, they’re watching you They see your every move Private eyes, they’re watching you Private eyes, they’re watching you Watching you, watching you, watching you ---
**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 12, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8097 "2024-09-12T00:27:58Z")
I know you’ve deceived me Now here’s a surprise I know that you have 'Cause there’s magic in my eyes I can see for miles and miles And miles and miles and miles Oh yeah ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8098 "2024-09-12T03:16:09Z")
But I would walk five hundred miles And I would walk five hundred more Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles To fall down at your door ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8099 "2024-09-12T03:46:53Z")
More than words is all you have to do to make it real Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me Cuz I’d already know ---
**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:** [September 12, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8100 "2024-09-12T11:39:30Z")
‘Cause when the lovin’ starts and the lights go down And there’s not another living soul around You woo me until the sun comes up And you say that you love me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8101 "2024-09-12T14:44:24Z")
When the lights go down in the city And the sun shines all around Oh, I want to be there in my city Oh, oh, oh-oh ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8102 "2024-09-12T14:52:13Z")
When the moon comes up, the sun goes down Rita starts to creep around Gets a flavor of blood, fire on her breath Fourteen names notched on her chest [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=404) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=406)