# 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:** 429
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8563 "2024-12-02T13:29:03Z")
Well, she was an American girl Raised on promises She couldn’t help thinkin’ that there Was a little more to life Somewhere else After all it was a great big world With lots of places to run to Yeah, and if she had to die tryin’ She had one little promise She was gonna keep ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8564 "2024-12-03T02:23:55Z")
I don’t care what you do at night Oh, and I don’t care how you get your delights I will leave you alone, I will just let it be I don’t love you and you don’t love me I got a problem. Can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate We made a vow we’d always be friends How could we know that promises end? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8565 "2024-12-03T02:30:22Z")
People talkin all around 'bout the way you left me flat I don’t care what the people say, I know where their jive is at One thing I do have on my mind if you can clarify, please do It’s the way you call me another guy’s name When I try to make love to you, yeah ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8566 "2024-12-03T02:57:41Z")
Do you remember, mama, when I knocked upon your door? I said you had the nerve to tell me You didn’t want me no more, yeah I open my front door, I hear my back door slam You know, I must have one of them newfangled Newfangled back-door men Yeah ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8567 "2024-12-03T03:08:10Z")
Uptown girl She’s been living in her uptown world I bet she never had a backstreet guy I bet her momma never told her why ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8568 "2024-12-03T17:00:55Z")
One soft infested summer, me and Terry became friends Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in Catching rides to the outskirts, tying faith between our teeth Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house, getting wasted in the heat And hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets With a love so hard and filled with defeat Running for our lives at night on them backstreets ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8569 "2024-12-03T19:56:43Z")
Summertime in Virginia was a oven All the kids eating ice cream with their cousins I was studyin’ while you was playing the dozens Don’t act like you was there when you wasn’t Runnin’ from the man runnin’ from the badge Don’t act like you was there when you wasn’t Runnin’ toward our plans and the judges hands Don’t act like you was there when you wasn’t ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8570 "2024-12-03T23:26:48Z")
Children behave" That’s what they say when we’re together “And watch how you play” They don’t understand And so we’re Running just as fast as we can Holdin’ on to one another’s hand Tryin’ to get away into the night And then you put your arms around me And we tumble to the ground And then you say ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8571 "2024-12-04T02:29:03Z")
It feels so right now, hold me tight Tell me I’m the only one And then I might Never be the lonely one So hold me tight, tonight, tonight, It’s you, you you you oooo oooo ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8572 "2024-12-04T17:54:55Z")
Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight I saw you and the world went away Tonight, tonight, there’s only you tonight What you are, what you do, what you say ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8573 "2024-12-04T21:04:15Z")
I’m going down, going down like a monkey Ooh, but it’s alright Try to pick yourself up Carry that weight that you can’t see Don’t you know it’s alright? It’s like a helter skelter Going down and down, 'round and 'round But just get it away from me, oh Because tonight, tonight, tonight, oh We’re gonna make it right Tonight, tonight, tonight, oh ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8574 "2024-12-05T00:31:09Z")
Tonight I’m gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive And the world, I’ll turn it inside out, yeah I’m floating around in ecstasy So don’t stop me now Don’t stop me 'Cause I’m having a good time Having a good 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:** [December 5, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8575 "2024-12-05T01:10:23Z")
Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow Don’t stop, it’ll soon be here It’ll be better than before Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8576 "2024-12-05T13:25:25Z")
Stop! In the name of love Before you break my heart Stop! In the name of love Before you break my heart Think it over Think it over ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8577 "2024-12-05T15:01:11Z")
You better think (think) Think about what you’re tryin’ to do to me, think (think-think) Let your mind go, let yourself be free ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8578 "2024-12-05T16:19:02Z")
Free your mind and your ass will follow The kingdom of heaven is within Open up your funky mind and you can fly Free your mind and your ass will follow The kingdom of heaven is within ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8579 "2024-12-05T20:27:15Z")
I’m not numbed that anymore Not longer feel the hate and pain No longer drenched in shame I’m not numbed that anymore Now I am the key to the door The kingdom of heaven lies inside Makes a circle with the turning tide Now the circle is complete And the heart and mind they need The kingdom of heaven lies inside I love visions of you endlessly I love visions of you endless ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8580 "2024-12-05T20:36:22Z")
We stand at the doorways To the higher worlds But they won’t open 'til we open ourselves And strip away our thinking minds To unlock the love that’s deep inside And destroy all these clumsy words To feel the energy they hide ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8581 "2024-12-05T23:34:58Z")
Think about it, there must be higher love Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above Without it, life is wasted time Look inside your heart, I’ll look inside mine Things look so bad everywhere In this whole world, what is fair? We walk blind and we try to see Falling behind in what could be ---
**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:** [December 6, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8582 "2024-12-06T00:40:23Z")
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes They call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox they They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=428) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=430)