# 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:** 461
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9203 "2025-03-26T20:45:18Z")
I can see me now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs Oh, what joy and what surprise When I open up my eyes To see my hippo hero standing there I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses I only like hippopotamuseses And hippopotamuses like me too ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9204 "2025-03-27T04:46:23Z")
They sold me a dream of Christmas They sold me a Silent Night They told me a fairy story Till I believed in the Israelite And I believed in Father Christmas And I looked at the sky with excited eyes 'Till I woke with a yawn, in the first light of dawn And I saw him through his disguise ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9205 "2025-03-27T05:02:30Z")
I heard somebody call your name From underneath our willow I saw something tucked in shame Underneath your pillow Well, I’ve tried so hard, baby But I just can’t see What a woman like you Is doing with me So tell me who I see When I look in your eyes Is that you, baby Or just a brilliant disguise? ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9206 "2025-03-27T13:49:01Z")
I’m gonna find me A hole in the wall I’m gonna crawl inside and die ‘Cause my lady, now A mean ol’ woman, Lord Never told me goodbye Can’t you see, oh, can’t you see What that woman, Lord, she been doin’ to 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 27, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9207 "2025-03-27T14:05:00Z")
I went back to the doctor, to get another shrink I sit and tell him 'bout my weekend But he never betrays what he thinks, hoo! Can you see the real me, doctor? Doctor! Can you see the real me, doctor? Oh, doctor! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9208 "2025-03-27T14:51:15Z")
Are you with me Doctor Wu Are you really just a shadow Of the man that I once knew Are you crazy are you high Or just an ordinary guy Have you done all you can do Are you with me Doctor ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9209 "2025-03-27T15:36:44Z")
I do not like thee Dr. Fell You made me fall in love with you I do not like thee Dr. Fell And I was just as happy being on my own ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9210 "2025-03-27T16:26:11Z")
Doctor, my eyes have seen the years And the slow parade of fears, without crying Now I want to understand I have done all that I could To see the evil and the good without hidin’ You must help me if you can Doctor, my eyes Tell me what is wrong Was I unwise To leave them open for so long? ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9211 "2025-03-27T16:33:18Z")
Oh help me, please doctor, I’m damaged There’s a pain where there once was a heart It’s sleepin’, it’s a beatin’ Can’t ya please tear it out, and preserve it Right there in that jar? ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9212 "2025-03-27T19:08:22Z")
My heart went boom, my voice just cooed My mind went loose; I’ll stay forever, it’s up to you (Da ba du ba du ba da bah du bah dow) Doctor, I love you Ooh, Doctor Wanna Do I can’t get over you Doctor, do anything that you wanna do ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9213 "2025-03-27T19:12:50Z")
Put de lime in de coconut, you drank ‘em bot’ up Put de lime in de coconut, you called your doctor, woke ‘im up" Said, "Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take?" I said, “Doctor, to relieve this bellyache?” I said, “Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take?” I said, “Doctor, to relieve this bellyache?” You put de lime in de coconut, you drink ‘em bot’ togedder Put de lime in de coconut, then you feel better ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9214 "2025-03-27T19:20:28Z")
I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts There they are, a standing in a row Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9215 "2025-03-27T19:20:33Z")
Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana Daylight come and me wan’ go home Come, Mister tally man, tally me banana Daylight come and me wan’ go home Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch Daylight come and me wan’ go home Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch Daylight come and me wan’ go home * * * [Mondegreen on my part, always assumed it was “punch”, thanks to the Beetlejuice movie of course where the shrimp things push all the guests away from the table as that word is said] ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9216 "2025-03-27T19:22:49Z")
Come sing me loud Come sing me Montego Bay Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-whoa-whoa ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9217 "2025-03-27T19:24:54Z")
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama, come on, pretty mama Key Largo, Montego, baby, why don’t we go Down to Kokomo We’ll get there fast, and then we’ll take it slow That’s where we wanna go Way down in Kokomo ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9218 "2025-03-27T19:29:41Z")
I hurried back to the swimming pool Sinkin’ piña colada I heard a dark voice beside me say Would you like something harder? She said I’ve got it, you want it My harvest is the best And if you try it, you’ll like it And wallow in a dreadlock holiday And I say Don’t like Jamaica, oh no I love her Don’t like Jamaica, oh no I love her (Oh yeah) Don’t you walk through her words You got to show some respect Don’t you walk through her words 'Cause you ain’t heard her out yet ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9219 "2025-03-27T20:04:24Z")
When you see the Southern Cross for the first time You understand now why you came this way ‘Cause the truth you might be runnin’ from is so small But it’s as big as the promise, the promise of a comin’ day So I’m sailing for tomorrow my dreams are a-dyin’ And my love is an anchor tied to you (tied with a silver chain) I have my ship and all her flags are a-flyin’ She is all that I have left and music is her name ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9220 "2025-03-27T21:28:51Z")
In America you get food to eat Won’t have to run through the jungle And scuff up your feet You just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day It’s great to be an American Ain’t no lion or tiger, ain’t no mamba snake Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake Ev’rybody is as happy as a man can be Climb aboard, little wog, sail away with me Sail away, sail away We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay ---
**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 27, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9221 "2025-03-27T23:25:36Z")
I thought that they were angels Much to my surprise We climbed aboard their starship We headed for the skies Singing, “Come sail away, come sail away Come and sail away with 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:** [March 27, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9222 "2025-03-27T23:37:48Z")
A spaceship from another star They ask me where all the people are What can I tell them? I tell them I’m the only one There was a war but I must have won Please take me with you. And I will wait for you Until the sky is blue And I will wait for you What else can I do? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=460) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=462)