# 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:** 465
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9283 "2025-04-05T18:42:15Z")
I remember it so clearly, the day you first came in The bright light in your eyes, the brown velvet of your skin The instant ancient understanding of what I already knew The spark of useless fire, the pull that led us to The way you almost held my hand, dear The time you kissed my cheek The words that never left your lips, love But I heard week after week The waltzes that we left untaken The glances drove us mad The life we didn’t live together And the love that we almost had ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9284 "2025-04-05T19:33:59Z")
If I could find you And tell you about my life Or maybe just write And remind you of when we would dream Of where we would be when the future comes And how you would paint while I wrote my songs Strange how you never become The person you see when you’re young ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9285 "2025-04-05T19:39:00Z")
We sat on the roof, and kicked at the moss But a few of the verses, they got me quite cross But the sun’s been quite bright while I wrote this song It’s for people like you that keep it turned on So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do You see, I’ve forgotten if they’re green or they’re blue Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean: Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9286 "2025-04-05T21:08:08Z")
Let me tell you now, when I come home feeling tired and beat I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (Up on the roof) I get away from the hustlin’ crowds And all that rat race noise down in the street (Up on the roof) On the roof’s the only place I know Where you just have to wish to make it so Let’s go up on the roof (Up on the roof) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9287 "2025-04-05T21:23:59Z")
(Under the boardwalk) out of the sun (Under the boardwalk) we’ll be havin’ some fun (Under the boardwalk) people walking above (Under the boardwalk) we’ll be making love Under the boardwalk, boardwalk ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9288 "2025-04-05T22:21:54Z")
We’re given life to live in And we’re never gonna live it again Gotta lead it like a dog on a leash, yeah But my dragon kinda’s wearing thin Rolling dice with God as our witness Down avenues, utilities and towns It’s survival of the richest Moving our sinful pieces 'round and 'round It’s you and me on the Monopoly board You land on the block where I got three hotels But it’s not like you want me to win ---
**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:** [April 5, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9289 "2025-04-05T22:47:26Z")
Oh my, my, my, I’m the lone crap shooter Playin’ the field ev’ry night Baby, I can’t stay You got to roll me and call me the tumblin’ dice (Call me the tumblin’) Got to roll me (ya yes), got to roll me, got to roll me (Oh yeah) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9290 "2025-04-06T01:43:19Z")
And somewhere in the darkness The Gambler, he broke even ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9291 "2025-04-06T09:44:51Z")
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high, There’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9292 "2025-04-06T12:16:54Z")
She comes in colors ev’rywhere She combs her hair She’s like a rainbow Coming, colors in the air Oh, everywhere She comes in colors ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9293 "2025-04-06T13:41:19Z")
Love should be a simple blend A whispering on the shore No clever words you can’t defend They lead to never more No sighs or mysteries She lay golden in the sun No broken harmonies But I’ve lost my way She had rainbow eyes Rainbow eyes ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9294 "2025-04-06T18:55:37Z")
Look into his angel eyes One look and you’re hypnotised He’ll take your heart and you must pay the price Look into his angel eyes You’ll think you’re in paradise And one day, you’ll find out he wears a disguise Don’t look too deep into those angel eyes Oh no, no, no, no ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9295 "2025-04-06T19:27:15Z")
Nobody’s ever taught you how to live out on the street And now you’re gonna have to get used to it You say you never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize He’s not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say do you want to make a deal? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9296 "2025-04-06T21:38:09Z")
Trailer’s for sale or rent Rooms to let, 50 cents No phone, no pool, no pets I ain’t got no cigarettes Ah, but, two hours of pushin’ broom Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room I’m a man of means by no means King of the road ---
**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:** [April 6, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9297 "2025-04-06T22:12:04Z")
There’s a red fox torn by a huntsman’s pack There’s a black-winged gull with a broken back There’s a little black spot on the sun today It’s the same old thing as yesterday I’ve stood here before, inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles, running round my brain I guess I’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign But it’s my destiny to be the king of pain ---
**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:** [April 7, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9298 "2025-04-07T00:55:05Z")
Oh, what terrible things she shows I’m overwhelmed by rumors this high and overcome by lows Oh, what use is it to pretend that I have the strength for this anymore This is all in the world that she lives for but… Oh, don’t look in those eyes bluer than blue her rule’s on the rise and if I wear apathy’s crown don’t call me highness ('cause) it’s a long way down ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9299 "2025-04-07T01:31:14Z")
So be thankful for your greasepaint, clown If loneliness wears the crown Of the veteran cosmic rocker ---
**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:** [April 7, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9300 "2025-04-07T02:02:57Z")
So goodbye, yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can’t plant me in your penthouse I’m going back to my plow Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny-backed road Oh, I’ve finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road ---
**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:** [April 7, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9301 "2025-04-07T12:24:21Z")
A donkey named Eeyore is his friend And Kanga and little Roo There’s Rabbit and Piglet And there’s Owl But most of all Winnie the Pooh ---
**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:** [April 7, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9302 "2025-04-07T13:25:41Z")
So help me if you can, I’ve got to get Back to [the house at Pooh Corner](https://genius.com/1886471/Loggins-and-messina-house-at-pooh-corner/The-house-at-pooh-corner) by one You’d be surprised, there’s so much to be done [Count all the bees in the hive](https://genius.com/1886626/Loggins-and-messina-house-at-pooh-corner/Count-all-the-bees-in-the-hive) [Chase all the clouds from the sky](https://genius.com/1886591/Loggins-and-messina-house-at-pooh-corner/Chase-all-the-clouds-from-the-sky) [Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh](https://genius.com/8272353/Loggins-and-messina-house-at-pooh-corner/Back-to-the-days-of-christopher-robin-and-pooh) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=464) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=466)