# 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:** 457
**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 17, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9123 "2025-03-17T17:21:32Z")
Oh, paddy dear and did you hear The news that’s going 'round The shamrock is forbid by law To grow on Irish ground Saint Patrick’s name no more you’ll hear His colors can’t be seen They’ve gone and passed a law against The wearing of the green ---
**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 17, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9124 "2025-03-17T18:09:23Z")
Sand as white as snow Swirls like smoke around my feet And a sky that turns in a moment from blue to grey All these things I see on an Irish day It is here that time has granted That the light should still burn on It was here a seed was planted In the brave heart of an Irish son ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9125 "2025-03-18T00:49:58Z")
Now kings will rule And the poor will toil And tear their hands As they tear the soil But a day will come In this dawning age When an honest man Sees an honest wage Hold me now Oh hold me now 'Til this hour Has gone around And I’m gone On the rising tide For to face Van Diemen’s land ---
**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 18, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9126 "2025-03-18T06:45:14Z")
Mistress, oh, mistress, don’t you cry The price of staying here is too high Mistress, oh, mistress, I wish you well But in leaving here, I’m leaving hell ---
**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 18, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9127 "2025-03-18T13:47:08Z")
He’s worth the ransom. She says, “Why can’t you get hard? Because you pay for this now in cold, hard cash. You make the front page, I’m gonna bring back the lash.” Then I know you’ll understand, it’s blood money. There’s such a big demand, for blood money. It’s one hundred and fifty grand, blood money. It’s flowing under the land, like blood money. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9128 "2025-03-18T14:51:00Z")
Money, money, money Must be funny In the rich man’s world Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man’s world Aha All the things I could do If I had a little money It’s a rich man’s world It’s a rich man’s world ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9129 "2025-03-18T17:36:42Z")
Like a nervous disease And it’s been there all along It will tumble from the sky It’s been there all along Project cancelled Tumbling central Red money ---
**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 18, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9130 "2025-03-18T18:04:54Z")
Photographer smile Take a break for a while Take a rest Do your very best Take five, honey Five, honey Search in your bag Light up a fag Think it’s a drag But you’re so glad To be alive, honey Alive, honey Say, when this is all over You’ll be in clover We’ll go out and spend All of your blue money Blue money Blue money ---
**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 18, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9131 "2025-03-18T22:09:45Z")
No-one will talk to me, they turn to go Their faces say there’s something I should know Could I be a victim of the games of all my friends Or am I really being watched by the eye of the lens ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9132 "2025-03-19T01:34:36Z")
Smiling faces sometimes Pretend to be your friend Smiling faces show no traces Of the evil that lurks within (can you dig it?) Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes They don’t tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof Oh, oh, yeah ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9133 "2025-03-19T01:44:56Z")
When I look into your eyes, you don’t believe me I can see it in your eyes, you don’t believe And the face I see before me Is both sides of a mirror You really know you’ve got a hold on me And the face you’re looking into Is both sides of a window Any way you look, you see through me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9134 "2025-03-19T02:54:54Z")
I’m looking through you, where did you go? I thought I knew you, what did I know? You don’t look different, but you have changed I’m looking through you, you’re not the same ---
**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 19, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9135 "2025-03-19T10:11:02Z")
Now there’s no welcome look in your eyes when I reach for you And now you’re starting to criticize little things I do It makes me just feel like crying Cuz baby, something beautiful’s dying ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9136 "2025-03-19T14:58:09Z")
Golden days before they end Whisper secrets to the wind Your baby won’t be near you anymore Tender nights before they fly Send falling stars that seem to cry Your baby doesn’t want you anymore It’s over ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9137 "2025-03-19T17:32:52Z")
Some of these days, and it won’t be long Gonna drive back down where you once belonged In the back of a dream car twenty foot long Don’t cry, my sweet, don’t break my heart Doing all right, but you gotta get smart Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe, oh Lord I believe all the way Come get up, my baby Run for the shadows, run for the shadows Run for the shadows in these golden years ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9138 "2025-03-19T17:34:10Z")
One of these days and it won’t be long You’ll look for me but baby I’ll be gone This is all I gotta say to you, woman Your time is gonna come Your time is gonna come Your time is gonna come Your time is gonna come ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9139 "2025-03-19T18:31:41Z")
Waste no more energy, no more time Step into the time machine aboard this flight Time to go It’s sad that you’re not here To open up your eyes and watch me disappear Losing control I’m landing back in this year Did I ever move? Did I disappear? If I could move through time I’d go back and put it right ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9140 "2025-03-19T18:39:58Z")
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine What did you dream? It’s alright we told you what to dream You dreamed of a big star He played a mean guitar He always ate in the Steak Bar He loved to drive in his Jaguar ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9141 "2025-03-19T19:40:57Z")
Welcome to the internet; come and take a seat Would you like to see the news or any famous women’s feet? There’s no need to panic; this isn’t a test Just nod or shake your head, and we’ll do the rest Welcome to the internet; what would you prefer? Would you like to fight for civil rights or tweet a racial slur? Be happy, be horny, be bursting with rage We’ve got a million different ways to engage ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9142 "2025-03-19T20:25:43Z")
Modem load and failsafe Electric teenage dust Hit the solvent keypad Start the neural rust Power on the highway Data in my head Surfing on the network Part of me is dead Every home is wired Swimming in the circuit Somebody has expired This world will be the future Every home is wired [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=456) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=458)