# 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:** 416
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8303 "2024-10-15T03:27:46Z")
The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play Through a meadow land toward a closing door A door marked “nevermore” that wasn’t there before The lonely night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories Of the golden smile that introduced me to The days of wine and roses and you ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8304 "2024-10-15T10:22:11Z")
Can it be the trees That fill the breeze With rare and magic perfumes? Oh no, it isn’t the trees It’s love in bloom _Sung by Popeye to Olive Oyl_ ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8305 "2024-10-15T16:11:50Z")
And all at once I knew I knew at once I knew he needed me Until the day I die I won’t know why I knew he needed me _Sung by Olive Oyl about Popeye in Popeye_ ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8306 "2024-10-15T18:49:42Z")
You gave me strength, to stand alone again To face the world, out on my own again You put me high, upon a pedestal So high that I could almost see eternity You needed me, you needed me You needed me, you needed 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:** [October 15, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8307 "2024-10-15T21:08:24Z")
I want you (I want you) I need you (I need you) But there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you Now don’t be sad (don’t be sad, 'cause) 'Cause two out of three ain’t bad Now don’t be sad ('cause) 'Cause two out of three ain’t bad ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8308 "2024-10-16T00:38:55Z")
And she believes in me I’ll never know just what she sees in me I told her someday if she was my girl I could change the world With my little songs, I was wrong But she has faith in me And so I go on trying faithfully And who knows maybe on some special night If my song is right I will find a way Find a way ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8309 "2024-10-16T02:39:59Z")
She’s my baby She’s driving me crazy She’s got something I want you to see Come on and show me Show me a woman with a heart on fire Oh show me Show me a woman with a burning desire You gotta show me Show me a woman of the world Oh and I’ll show you my girl ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8310 "2024-10-16T16:01:07Z")
Show me a woman that’s got a good man And I’ll show you a woman doin’ all she can To make life worth livin’ for her good man So his troubles don’t cross his mind, yeah ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8311 "2024-10-16T17:16:11Z")
My heart is sad and I’m all alone My man’s treating me mean I regret the day that I was born And the man I ever seen My happiness is less today My heart is broke, that’s why I say Lord, a good man is hard to find You always get another kind ---
**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:** [October 16, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8312 "2024-10-16T22:05:10Z")
I always dreamed I’d find the perfect lover But he turned out to be Like every other man I loved I had no choice from the start Listen to me, I’ve gotta listen to my heart Tearing us apart Enough is enough is enough I can’t go on, I can’t go on no more no Enough is enough is enough I want him out, I want him out that door now ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8313 "2024-10-16T23:54:34Z")
I told, god, I’m coming to your country I’m going to eat up your cities, your homes, you know I’ve got a stomach full it’s not a chip on my shoulder I’ve got this growl in my tummy and I’m gonna stop it today I eat too much I drink too much I want too much Too much ---
**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:** [October 17, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8314 "2024-10-17T16:40:45Z")
You’ve done too much, Much too young Now you’re married with a kid When you could be having fun with me ---
**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:** [October 17, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8315 "2024-10-17T16:54:55Z")
Torn between two lovers Feeling like a fool ---
**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:** [October 17, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8316 "2024-10-17T17:46:06Z")
You know the sun is shining, it’s raining in my heart I don’t know what to do since we’ve been apart Why don’t you tell me, babe, what is going on? You know I love you darling, don’t want to be alone They’re tearing us apart They’re breaking up my heart I knew it from the start Your friends are tearing us apart ---
**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:** [October 17, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8317 "2024-10-17T17:48:36Z")
Although the sun is shining High above There’s one thing on my mind You, my love I see a weeping willow In the park Like this, there’s sadness growing In my heart ---
**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:** [October 17, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8318 "2024-10-17T18:19:52Z")
Willow, weep for me Willow, weep for me Bend your branches down along the ground, and cover me Listen to my plea Hear me willow, and weep for me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8319 "2024-10-17T19:29:10Z")
Hey down, stay down, stay down, down 'Cause little Willy, Willy won’t go home But you can’t push Willy ‘round Willy won’t go, try tellin’ everybody but, oh no Little Willy, Willy won’t go home ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8320 "2024-10-18T02:50:48Z")
Rooster hits the washboard and people just got to smile Blinky, thumps the gut bass and solos for a while Poorboy twangs the rhythm out on his kalamazoo Willy goes into a dance and doubles on kazoo Down on the corner, out in the street Willy and the Poorboys are playin’ Bring a nickel; tap your feet ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8321 "2024-10-18T03:10:50Z")
Well, now what can a poor boy do Except to sing for a rock and roll band? 'Cause in sleepy London Town There’s just no place for street fighting man, no ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8322 "2024-10-18T14:18:56Z")
He said, “Now you just fought one heck of a fight And I know you hate me, and you got the right to kill me now And I wouldn’t blame you if you do But you ought to thank me, before I die For the gravel in ya gut and the spit in ya eye 'Cause I’m the son of a bitch that named you Sue” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=415) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=417)