# 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:** 432
**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 19, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8623 "2024-12-19T01:57:15Z")
Walk tall when she passes by Walk tall like a man Though you want to run to her Stop! If you can Think of me Be a man ---
**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 19, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8624 "2024-12-19T06:34:05Z")
Stand Tall, don’t you fall oh, don’t go and do something foolish You’re feeling it like everyone, it’s silly human pride Stand Tall, don’t you fall. don’t go do something you’ll regret later You’re feeling it like everyone, it’s silly human pride ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8625 "2024-12-19T16:45:25Z")
Stand in the place where you live Now face north Think about direction, wonder why you haven’t before Now stand in the place where you work Now face west, think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven’t before ---
**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 20, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8626 "2024-12-20T19:39:19Z")
What are you doing the rest of your life? North and south and east and west of your life I have only one request of your life That you spend it all with m ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8627 "2024-12-23T03:21:32Z")
I lie awake in the middle of the night Makin’ a list of things that I didn’t do right With you at the top of a long page filled Here, somewhere north of Nashville ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8628 "2024-12-23T16:12:38Z")
A desert road from Vegas to nowhere Some place better than where you’ve been A coffee machine that needs some fixing In a little café just around the bend I am calling you Can’t you hear me? I am calling 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:** [December 23, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8629 "2024-12-23T16:26:46Z")
And I’m Calling all angels And I’m Calling all you angels ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8630 "2024-12-23T16:32:14Z")
'Cause I used to have angels They used to watch over me When love was not a stranger But love ain’t what it used to be And I don’t want these devils They’re knocking at my door So, I can’t love you no more No more, no more, 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:** [December 23, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8631 "2024-12-23T18:04:10Z")
Set out runnin’ but I take my time Friend of the devil is a friend of mine I get home before daylight Just might get some sleep tonight ---
**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 24, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8632 "2024-12-24T02:07:57Z")
I never thought it’d be so easy I never thought it’d be so fun But I heard it in the alley Now I got it on the run ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8633 "2024-12-24T16:16:37Z")
I was so surprised and shocked, and I wondered too If, by chance, you heard it for yourself I never told a soul just how I’ve been feeling over you But they said it really loud, they said it on the air On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8634 "2024-12-24T16:27:28Z")
Life is a rock But the radio rolled me Gotta turn it up louder So my DJ told me ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8635 "2024-12-24T17:25:17Z")
I’m home, lost my job, and incurably I’ll You think this is easy, realism I’ve got a girl out there, I suppose I think she’s dancing Feel like Dan Dare lies down I think she’s dancing, what do I know? I am a D.J., I am what I play Can’t turn around no, can’t turn around, no, oh, ooh I am a D.J., I am what I play Can’t turn around no, can’t turn around, no, oh no ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8636 "2024-12-24T20:20:20Z")
I am the morning DJ at W-O-L-D-D-D-D-D-D-D… _(fading as it goes)_ Playing all the hits for you Wherever you may be W.O.L.D. – Harry Chapin _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8637 "2024-12-25T05:21:32Z")
We know of an ancient radiation That haunts dismembered constellations A faintly glimmering radio station While Frank Sinatra sings Stormy Weather The flies and spiders get along together Cobwebs fall on an old skipping record ---
**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 25, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8638 "2024-12-25T05:25:43Z")
Well, I’m not uptight Not unattractive Turn me on tonight 'Cause I’m radioactive Radioactive There’s not a fight And I’m not your captive Turn me loose tonight 'Cause I’m radioactive Radioactive ---
**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 26, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8639 "2024-12-26T20:03:43Z")
But it’s all right if my clothes aren’t new Out of sight because my heart is true She says Baby, everything is all right Uptight, out of sight Baby, everything is all right Uptight, clean out of sight ---
**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 26, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8640 "2024-12-26T21:40:54Z")
We’re gonna move it slow When lights are low When you move it slow, it sounds like more And it’s all right, whoa, it’s all right Now listen to the beat Kinda pat your feet You got soul and everybody knows That it’s all right, whoa, it’s all right ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8641 "2024-12-27T04:18:22Z")
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:** ![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 27, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8642 "2024-12-27T20:17:50Z")
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