# 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:** 440
**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 18, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8783 "2025-01-18T19:40:40Z")
And my name’s Jack I live in the back Of the Greta Garbo Home for Wayward Boys and Girls ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8784 "2025-01-18T21:19:25Z")
We take the 43 bus, we got no plans The girl in the miniskirt, her name’s Suzanne, right The one with in high heeled boots is Sharon And Karen is the one with the blond wig on And with the bullet, man, we’re going number one And we don’t need any money to have any fun ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8785 "2025-01-18T21:22:21Z")
Suzanne takes you down to a place by the river You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever And you know that she’s half crazy, and that’s why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China And just when you want to tell her that you have no love to give her She gets you on her wavelength, and lets the river answer That you’ve always been her lover ---
**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 18, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8786 "2025-01-18T22:30:14Z")
Her name was Joanne And she lived in a meadow by a pond And she touched me for a moment With a look that spoke to me of her sweet love Then the woman that she was drove around with desperation And I saw as she went A most hopeless situation For Joanne and the man and the time That made them both 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:** [January 19, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8787 "2025-01-19T01:16:41Z")
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 La-la-la-la Lola Well, I’m not the world’s most physical guy But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine Oh my Lola La-la-la-la Lola ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8788 "2025-01-19T01:42:49Z")
Clouds descending I’m not policing what you think and dream I run into your thought from across the room Just another trick, can I weather this? I’ve got a fever above my waist You got a squeeze box on your knee I know the truth is in between The first and the fortieth drink Concertina, concertina, a chill that bends This I swear you’re the fiercest calm I’ve been in Concertina, concertina, try infrared This I swear you’re the fiercest calm I’ve been in ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8789 "2025-01-19T03:56:37Z")
Oh, Candida We could make it together The further from here, girl, the better Where the air is fresh and clean Hmm, Candida Just take my hand and I’ll lead ya I promise life will be sweeter And it said so in my dreams ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8790 "2025-01-19T04:21:43Z")
My life’s the disease That could always change With comparative ease Just given the chance My life is the earth 'Twixt muscle and spade I wait for the worth Digging for just one chance ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8791 "2025-01-19T05:03:06Z")
Out through the night An’ the whispering breezes To the place where they keep The Imaginary Diseases, mmm . . . This has to be the disease for you Now scientists call this disease Bromidrosis But us regular folks Who might wear tennis shoes Or an occasional python boot Know this exquisite little inconvenience By the name of: STINK FOOT ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8792 "2025-01-19T05:45:38Z")
Whiskey bottles and brand new cars Oak tree, you’re in my way There’s too much coke and too much smoke Look what’s going on inside you Ooh, that smell Can’t you smell that smell? Ooh, that smell The smell of death surrounds 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:** [January 19, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8793 "2025-01-19T15:19:41Z")
(He dead), yup-yup (amen), I know (He dead), for sure (amen), amen ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8794 "2025-01-19T15:24:32Z")
Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb, you know better but I know him Like I told you, what I said, steal your face right off your head Now he’s gone, now he’s gone, Lord he’s gone, he’s gone Like a steam locomotive, rollin’ down the track He’s gone, he’s gone and nothin’s gonna bring him back, he’s gone ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8795 "2025-01-19T15:36:16Z")
In the shuffling madness Of the locomotive breath Runs the all-time loser Headlong to his death Oh, he feels the piston scraping Steam breaking on his brow Old Charlie stole the handle And the train it won’t stop Oh no way to slow down ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8796 "2025-01-19T15:51:19Z")
The walls are built up, stone by stone; The fields divided one by one. And the train conductor says, “Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We’ve been on this shift too long” ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8797 "2025-01-20T01:38:31Z")
All they need is what they’ve got A tasty stone and water in a pot! Little things become a lot Tiny gifts can fill the pot When they’re shared and they’re served up hot! “Stone soup! Stone soup! Stone soup tonight!” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8798 "2025-01-20T01:39:43Z")
Those summer nights are callin’, Stone in love Can’t help myself I’m fallin’ Stone in love ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8799 "2025-01-20T01:55:20Z")
Will you know how the seed is sown? All your time has been overgrown Never known Have you walked on the stones of years? When you speak, is it you that hears? Are your ears full? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8800 "2025-01-20T02:16:23Z")
Electricity runs through the video And I watch it from this hole I call home And all them stonies are dancin’ to the radio And I got the world callin’ me up free tonight on the phone ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8801 "2025-01-20T03:39:54Z")
I send your name Up into the sky And the wind blows it back into my face You see, even nature Reacts on me And all my electricity Will make it across your sea ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8802 "2025-01-20T17:24:38Z")
A broom is drearily sweeping Up the broken pieces Of yesterday’s life Somewhere, a queen is weeping Somewhere A king has no wife And the wind, it cries “Mary” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=439) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=441)