# 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:** 434
**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 30, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8663 "2024-12-30T13:38:44Z")
Almost cut my hair It happened just the other day It’s gettin’ kinda long I coulda said it wasn’t in my way But I didn’t and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly Yes, I feel like I owe it to someone ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8664 "2024-12-30T15:56:52Z")
White-collared conservatives Flashing down the street Pointing their plastic finger at me They’re hoping soon, my kind will drop and die But I’m gonna wave My freak flag high! High! Wow! ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8665 "2024-12-30T16:33:11Z")
And the sign said “Long-haired freaky people Need not apply” So I tucked my hair up under my hat And I went in to ask him why He said, “You look like a fine upstandin’ young man I think you’ll do” So I took off my hat and said, “Imagine that Huh, me workin’ for you” Whoa ---
**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 31, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8666 "2024-12-31T03:41:25Z")
I’ll be your long haired lover from Liverpool, and I’ll do anything you say. I’ll be your clown or your puppet or your April Fool, if you’ll be my sunshine daisy from L.A. ---
**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 31, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8667 "2024-12-31T03:45:33Z")
I’ve seen the bright lights of Memphis and the Commodore Hotel And underneath a streetlamp, I met a southern belle Well, she took me to the river, where she cast her spell And in that southern moonlight, she sang a song so well If you’ll be my Dixie chicken, I’ll be your Tennessee lamb And we can walk together down in Dixieland Down in Dixieland ---
**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 31, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8668 "2024-12-31T17:39:40Z")
In this life, I’ve seen everything I can see, woman I’ve seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand I’ve seen babies dancing in the midnight sun And I’ve seen dreams that came from the heavenly skies above I’ve seen old men crying at their own grave sides And I’ve seen pigs all sitting watching picture slides But I never seen nothin’ like 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:** [December 31, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8669 "2024-12-31T18:11:27Z")
Ooh, I’ve been to Nice and the Isle of Greece When I sipped champagne on a yacht I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo And showed them what I’ve got I’ve been undressed by kings And I’ve seen some things that a woman ain’t s’posed to see I’ve been to paradise but I’ve never been to me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8670 "2024-12-31T18:12:39Z")
And I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains There’s more than one answer to these questions Pointing me in a crooked line And the less I seek my source for some definitive (The less I seek my source) Closer I am to fine, yeah Closer I am to fine, 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 31, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8671 "2024-12-31T18:15:21Z")
The closer you are The brighter the flames in my heart And darling, we’ll never part We’ll always be in 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:** [December 31, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8672 "2024-12-31T19:03:32Z")
Oh, baby, I’m gonna love you forever Forever and ever amen As long as old men sit and talk about the weather As long as old women sit and talk about old men If you wonder how long I’ll be faithful I’ll be happy to tell you again I’m gonna love you forever and ever Forever and ever, amen ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8673 "2025-01-03T16:49:44Z")
Imagine me and you, I do I think about you day and night, it’s only right To think about the girl you love and hold her tight So happy together ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8674 "2025-01-03T17:04:55Z")
Always took candy from strangers Didn’t wanna get me no trade Never want to be like papa Working for the boss every night and day I need a love to keep me happy I need a love Baby, won’t you keep me happy? Baby, won’t you keep me happy? (Happy) Baby, please keep me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8675 "2025-01-04T05:09:14Z")
I was walkin’ down the street on a sunny day Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba A feeling in my bones that I’ll have my way Hubba hubba hubba hubba hubba Well I’m a happy boy (happy boy) Well I’m a happy boy (happy boy) Oh ain’t it good when things are going your way, hey hey? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8676 "2025-01-04T05:45:23Z")
I was walking down a one way street Just a looking for someone to meet One woman, who was looking for a man Now I’m hoping that the feeling is right And I’m wondering if you’ll stay for the night So I’m coming I don’t want to be lonely baby please tell me I want to love you all over Do you believe in love Do you believe it’s true Do you believe in love Oh you’re making me believe it too ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8677 "2025-01-04T16:05:43Z")
Do you believe in life after love? I can feel something inside me say “I really don’t think you’re strong enough. No.” ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8678 "2025-01-04T17:47:06Z")
God, I feel like hell tonight Tears of rage I cannot lie I’d be the last to help you understand Are you strong enough to be my man? My man ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8679 "2025-01-04T17:48:13Z")
I’ve got sunshine, on a cloudy day When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May (ooh) I guess you’d say What can make me feel this way? My girl, my girl, my girl Talkin’ 'bout my girl, my girl ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8680 "2025-01-04T17:50:53Z")
You’ve got a cute way of talkin’ You got the better of me Just snap your fingers And I’m walkin’ Like a dog hangin’ on your lead I’m in a spin you know Shakin’ on a string you know You make me feel like dancin’ I’m gonna dance the night away You make me feel like dancin’ I’m gonna dance the night away You make me feel like dancin’ ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8681 "2025-01-04T17:58:07Z")
So messed up, I want you here In my room, I want you here Now we’re gonna be face-to-face And I’ll lay right down in my favorite place And now I wanna be your dog And now I wanna be your dog And now I wanna be your dog ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8682 "2025-01-04T19:59:02Z")
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