# 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:** 456
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9103 "2025-03-14T01:06:44Z")
Take the last train to Clarksville And I’ll meet you at the station You can be here by 4:30 'Cause I’ve made your reservation ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9104 "2025-03-14T01:08:03Z")
I followed her to the station, with a suitcase in my hand And I followed her to the station, with a suitcase in my hand Well, it’s hard to tell, it’s hard to tell, when all your love’s in vain All my love’s in vain ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9105 "2025-03-14T01:17:01Z")
Harry got up, dressed all in black Went down to the station, and he never came back They found his clothing scattered somewhere down the track And he won’t be down on Wall Street in the morning He had a home, love of a girl But men get lost sometimes as years unfurl One day he crossed some line, and he was too much in this world But I guess it doesn’t matter anymore ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9106 "2025-03-14T01:21:42Z")
I’m ready I’m ready for the gridlock I’m ready to take it to the street I’m ready for the shuffle Ready for the deal Ready to let go of the steering wheel I’m ready Ready for the crush (She’s just down the line)…Zoo Station (Got to make it on time)…Zoo Station ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9107 "2025-03-14T02:04:32Z")
All down the street, they’re standing in line With white lipstick and one thing on their minds Hey little freak with the lunch pail purse Underneath the paint, you’re just a little girl Dancin’ at the Zombie Zoo Dancin’ at the Zombie Zoo Painted in a corner and all you wanna do Is dance down at the Zombie Zoo ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9108 "2025-03-14T02:08:17Z")
You’d be hiding in A second-floor apartment Knocking all the stairs down to save your life From the undead Double-barrelled shotgun Taking out the slow ones Then you’d see the passion burning in my eye And I’d keep my head Then all of your friends, they’d try to kill us But only because they’d be jealous That our love is deeper than Edward and Bella’s Oh, if I were a zombie, I’d never eat your brain I’d just want your heart, I’d just want your heart, I’d just want your heart, yeah, oh ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9109 "2025-03-14T16:56:44Z")
My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes, I think you’ve seen me before If you hear something late at night Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight Just don’t ask me what it was (Don’t ask me) Just don’t ask me what it was (Don’t ask me) Just don’t ask me what it was ---
**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:** [March 14, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9110 "2025-03-14T19:15:39Z")
Mediocre Fred Well the days went by all dull and gray And he didn’t think much and had little to say And when the full moon rose, he’d climb over the moat Find some people sleeping, and he’d bite their throats! ---
**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:** [March 15, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9111 "2025-03-15T21:56:37Z")
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook’s Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein Ah-hoo, werewolves of London ---
**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:** [March 15, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9112 "2025-03-15T22:19:28Z")
I woke up in a Soho doorway A policeman knew my name He said, “You can go sleep at home tonight If you can get up and walk away” ---
**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:** [March 15, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9113 "2025-03-15T22:24:44Z")
Fuck the police comin’ straight from the underground A Young nigga got it bad 'cause I’m brown And not the other color so police think They have the authority to kill a minority Fuck that shit, ‘cause I ain’t the one For a punk motherfucker with a badge and a gun To be beatin’ on, and thrown in jail We can go toe-to-toe in the middle of a cell ---
**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:** [March 15, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9114 "2025-03-15T23:39:45Z")
Straight out of Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube From the group called N----s with Attitude When I’m called off, I got a sawed off Squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off You too, boy, if ya fuck with me The police are gonna have to come and get me Off yo’ ass, that’s how I’m goin’ out For the punk motherfuckers, that’s showin’ out N----s start to mumble, they wanna rumble Mix ‘em and cook ‘em in a pot like gumbo Goin’ off on a motherfucker like that With a gat that’s pointed at yo’ ass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9115 "2025-03-16T02:13:07Z")
Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide The bums drop dead and the dogs go mad In packs on the west side Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide She wants to hit those bricks 'Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place The bag ladies throw their bones in my face I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound I don’t want to hear it but he won’t turn it down Life is tough but it’s just enough To hold back the tears until it’s closing time I survived, I’m still alive But I’m getting close to the borderline ---
**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:** [March 16, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9116 "2025-03-16T19:44:08Z")
Holding back the years Chance for me escape from all I’ve known Holding back the tears 'Cause nothing here has grown I’ve wasted all my tears Wasted all those years Nothing had the chance to be good Nothing ever could yeah, oh well ---
**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:** [March 16, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9117 "2025-03-16T22:26:29Z")
Wasted days and wasted nights I have left for you behind For you don’t belong to me Your heart belongs to someone else ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9118 "2025-03-16T23:46:06Z")
Spent my days with a woman unkind Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine Made up my mind to make a new start Going to California with an aching in my heart ---
**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:** [March 16, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9119 "2025-03-16T23:48:48Z")
Oregon girl I’ve been around the world But I’ve never seen another Oregon girl Oregon girl with your lips and curls; I want a taste of that Oregon girl ---
**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:** [March 17, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9120 "2025-03-17T00:02:34Z")
The West Coast has the sunshine, and the squirrels all get so tan I dig a French bikini on Hawaii island dolls by a palm tree in the sand I’ve been all round this great big world, and I’ve seen all kinds of squirrels Yeah, but I couldn’t wait to get back in the States Back to the cutest squirrels in the world I wish they all could be California Squirrels! ---
**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:** [March 17, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9121 "2025-03-17T16:24:49Z")
(@ekedolphin you might want to have your hearing checked) I’m a travelin’ man and I’ve made a lot of stops All over the world And in every port I own the heart Of at least one lovely girl I’ve a pretty señorita waiting for me Down in old Mexico If you’re ever in Alaska stop and see My cute little Eskimo ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9122 "2025-03-17T16:28:01Z")
Up with the sun, gone with the wind She always said I was lazy Leaving my home, leaving my friends Runnin’ when things get too crazy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=455) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=457)