# 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:** 450
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8983 "2025-02-20T03:15:58Z")
And then they found his boots, and they found his cap But they couldn’t find anything else Except a big bad alligator, sitting on a log Looking mighty proud of himself It don’t pay to hate somebody so bad you go Stomping around in gator country ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8984 "2025-02-20T12:50:33Z")
Now everyone blamed his old man For making him mean as a snake When Amos Moses was a boy His daddy would use him for alligator bait Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8985 "2025-02-20T15:58:34Z")
Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean Lived a girl, that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame Polk salad Annie, gators got your granny Everybody said it was a shame Because her momma was a workin’ on the chain gang A mean vicious woman ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8986 "2025-02-20T16:28:10Z")
An ancient lunatic reigns In the trees of the night With hunger at her heels Freedom in her eyes She dances on her knees Pirate prince at her side Staring into the hollow idol’s eye Wild child full of grace Savior of the human race Your cool face ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8987 "2025-02-20T22:51:16Z")
Wild child You got me coming outta exile Baby girl, you know I’m liking your style You’re gonna get my love today, 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:** [February 21, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8988 "2025-02-21T00:55:44Z")
That girl is pretty wild now (the girl’s a super freak) The kind of girl you read about (in new-wave magazines) That girl is pretty kinky (the girl’s a super freak) I really love to taste her (every time we meet) She’s alright, she’s alright That girl’s alright with me Yeah, hey, hey, 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:** [February 21, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8989 "2025-02-21T00:58:03Z")
There she stood in the street Smiling from her head to her feet I said, “Hey, what is this, now baby”, maybe Maybe she’s in need of a kiss I said, “Hey, what’s your name baby? Maybe we can see things the same” Now don’t you wait or hesitate Let’s move before they raise the parking rate Ow! All right now, baby, it’s all right now All right now, baby, it’s all right now ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8990 "2025-02-21T01:40:40Z")
Well, she was just seventeen, You know what I mean, And the way she looked was way beyond compare, So how could I dance with another, Oh when I saw her standing there ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8991 "2025-02-21T01:46:25Z")
I saw him dancing there by the record machine I knew he must have been about seventeen The beat was going strong Playing my favorite song And I could tell it wouldn’t be long till he was with me, yeah me And I could tell it wouldn’t be long till he was with me, yeah me ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8992 "2025-02-21T02:09:03Z")
He was no more than a baby then Well he seemed broken hearted Something within him But the moment that I first laid Eyes on him all alone On the edge of seventeen Just like the white winged dove Sings a song That’s how she’s singing Ooh baby ooh said ooh ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8993 "2025-02-21T02:45:34Z")
I hear the ticking of the clock I’m lying here; the room’s pitch-dark I wonder where you are tonight No answer on the telephone And the night goes by so very slow Oh, I hope that it won’t end, though, alone ---
**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:** [February 21, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8994 "2025-02-21T16:55:18Z")
Sylvia’s mother said Sylvia’s busy Too busy to come to the phone Sylvia’s mother said Sylvia’s trying to start a new life of her own Sylvia’s mother said Sylvia’s happy So why don’t you leave her alone? And the operator said 40 cents more for the next three minutes ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8995 "2025-02-21T20:02:30Z")
Operator, you can forget about this call There’s no one there I really wanted to talk to Thank you for your time; you’ve been so much more than kind You can keep the dime ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8996 "2025-02-21T22:06:20Z")
No need to ask He’s a smooth operator Smooth operator Smooth operator Smooth operator Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8997 "2025-02-22T14:09:10Z")
For just one moment in time I want to walk where it is Sustain a stature in life Here comes a new type of light Just what is going on What is moving on Dreamer dreamer Trance as you dream In trance as mission Trans-American ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8998 "2025-02-22T17:27:24Z")
One of these nights I may just jump down that rainbow way Be with my baby, then we’ll spend some time together So hologramic, oh my TVC one five My baby’s in there someplace, love’s rating in the sky So hologramic, oh my TVC one five Transition Transmission Transition Transmission ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/8999 "2025-02-22T22:06:40Z")
“What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” is your Benzedrine, uh-huh I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed I thought I’d pegged you an idiot’s dream Tunnel vision from the outsider’s screen I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh ---
**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:** [February 22, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9000 "2025-02-22T22:11:05Z")
Observe radio silence observe Radio silence observe radio silence Maintain radio silence throughout She’ll tune in till the tune suits her right She’ll tune in till the dial come all right She’ll tune the dial till the needle’s in the white Tune in tonight Tune in tonight Tune in tonight… No, no, no Try to think of nothing Radio silence ---
**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:** [February 23, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9001 "2025-02-23T02:20:51Z")
Beside yourself if radio’s gonna stay Reason, it could polish up the gray Put that, put that, put that up your wall That this isn’t country at all Raving station Beside yourself Keep me out of country in the word Deal the porch is leading us absurd Push that, push that, push that to the hull That this isn’t nothing at all Straight off the boat Where to go? Callin’ on in transit Callin’ on in transit Radio Free Europe Radio ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9002 "2025-02-23T06:07:07Z")
There goes the last DJ Who plays what he wants to play And says what he wants to say, hey hey hey? And there goes your freedom of choice There goes the last human voice There goes the last DJ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=449) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=451)