# 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:** 460
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9183 "2025-03-24T23:14:32Z")
I’ When I was young I never needed anyone And makin’ love was just for fun Those days are gone All by myself, don’t wanna be All by myself, anymore All by myself, don’t wanna live All by myself, anymore ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9184 "2025-03-25T00:30:01Z")
Help! I need somebody (Help!) Not just anybody (Help!) You know I need someone Help! When I was younger, so much younger than today I never needed anybody’s help in any way But now these days are gone, and I’m not so self-assured Now I find I changed my mind, and opened up the door ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9185 "2025-03-25T02:02:51Z")
In the future, remember now The way that we were So don’t feel down Wherever you go as time goes round You’re only human remember now Help me from the fire, from the liar Take my hand, I know no way out Help me from the fire, On my way down nothing left I can’t forget about you ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9186 "2025-03-25T13:19:25Z")
Won’t you come see about me? I’ll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby Tell me your troubles and doubts Giving everything inside and out and Love’s strange, so real in the dark Think of the tender things that we were working on Slow change may pull us apart When the light gets into your heart, baby Don’t you, forget about me Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t Don’t you, forget about me ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9187 "2025-03-25T13:59:20Z")
I forgot to remember to forget her I can’t seem to get her off my mind I thought I’d never miss her But I found out somehow ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9188 "2025-03-25T14:08:57Z")
They bring you, they take you They own you, they make you Last year today you turn and you say Here’s a dream for me (but it’s a memory) You close your eyes, and the moon starts to rise And you scream for me (do you remember me?) I calm you, I’m with you What did they ever give you? Memories in future tense Memories don’t make much sense ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9189 "2025-03-25T14:49:01Z")
Memories Like the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories Of the way we were ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9190 "2025-03-25T15:38:26Z")
Touch me, it’s so easy to leave me All alone with the memory of my days in the sun If you touch me, you’ll understand what happiness is Look, a new day has begun ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9191 "2025-03-25T21:52:52Z")
Birds flying high, you know how I feel Sun in the sky, you know how I feel Breeze driftin’ on by, you know how I feel It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day It’s a new life for me, yeah ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9192 "2025-03-25T22:04:39Z")
Bluebird flying high Tell me what you sing If you could talk to me What news would you bring Of voices in the sky ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9193 "2025-03-26T00:40:09Z")
Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arrive Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free Blackbird, fly Blackbird, fly Into the light of the dark, black night ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9194 "2025-03-26T04:53:15Z")
Mister Bluebird’s on my shoulder It’s the truth, it’s actual Everything is satisfactual ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9195 "2025-03-26T05:27:12Z")
Everything grows together Because you’re all one piece. Your toes grow As your feet grow As your legs grow As your fingers grow As your hands grow As your arms grow As your ears grow As your nose grows As the rest of you grows Because you’re all one piece. ---
**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 26, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9196 "2025-03-26T11:34:46Z")
You put your whole self in You put your whole self out You put your whole self in And you shake it all about You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn around That’s what it’s all about! I’ll do the Hokey Pokey I’ll do the Hokey Pokey I’ll do the Hokey Pokey That’s what it’s all about! ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9197 "2025-03-26T16:07:06Z")
What’s it all about Alfie Is it just for the moment we live What’s it all about When you sort it out, Alfie Are we meant to take more than we give Or are we meant to be kind? ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9198 "2025-03-26T16:27:07Z")
Arthur, he does as he pleases All of his life, he’s mastered choice Deep in his heart, he’s just He’s just a boy Living his life one day at a time He’s showing himself a really good time Laughing about the way they want him to be ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9199 "2025-03-26T16:37:58Z")
To be an aardvark is not easy, folks, 'Cause all you get to eat is ants (Delicious!) And all the other animals make jokes At your attempts to find romance (Very funny) Nobody laughs at hippopotamuses, Or at fat rhinoceroses, But an aardvark makes them howl Because he’s neither fish nor fowl ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9200 "2025-03-26T19:17:22Z")
The monkeys stand for honesty Giraffes are insincere And the elephants are kindly but they’re dumb Orangutans are skeptical Of changes in their cages And the zookeeper is very fond of rum ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9201 "2025-03-26T19:30:06Z")
I’m a lone rhinoceros there ain’t one hell of a lots of us left in this world I stand alone in my concrete cell where people stare and toss me Coke cans I guess it’s better than being poached but I’d give my horn just to see my homeland ---
**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 26, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9202 "2025-03-26T20:23:58Z")
A bold hippopotamus was standing one day On the banks of the cool Shalimar He gazed at the bottom as he peacefully lay By the light of the evening star Away on the hilltop sat combing her hair His fair hippopotami maid The hippopotamus was no ignoramus And sang her this sweet serenade: “Mud, mud, glorious mud Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood So follow me, follow down to the hollow And there let us wallow in glorious mud!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=459) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=461)