# 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:** 471
**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 15, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9403 "2025-04-15T02:39:06Z")
Mem’ries light the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories of the way we were Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were Can it be that it was all so simple then Or has time re-written every line? If we had the chance to do it all again Tell me, would we? Could we? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9404 "2025-04-15T14:10:22Z")
Anyway, to cut a long story short Fame finally found him Mirrors became his torturers Cameras snapped him at every chance The women all went back to their homes And their husbands With secret smiles in the corners of their mouths He ended up, like so many of them do Back in the streets of New York City In a soup queue A dope fiend A slave Then prison Then the mad house Then the grave Oh poor Larry ---
**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 15, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9405 "2025-04-15T14:32:05Z")
Face down this morning Dawn of the damned Bullet in my pocket My brain was jammed Dopefiend boogie Dopefiend boogie Dopefiend boogie Alright alright alright Let’s do some boogie! ---
**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 15, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9406 "2025-04-15T15:24:49Z")
All you other kids, with your pumped-up kicks Better run, better run, outrun my gun All you other kids, with your pumped-up kicks Better run, better run, faster than my bullet ---
**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 15, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9407 "2025-04-15T16:55:58Z")
Flash! A-ah! Saviour of the Universe Flash! A-ah! He’ll save every one of us Flash! A-ah! He’s a miracle Flash! A-ah! King of the impossible ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9408 "2025-04-15T20:33:02Z")
Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer He’s a demon on wheels He’s a demon and he’s gonna be chasing after someone He’s gaining on you so you’d better look alive He’s busy revving up the powerful Mach 5 And when the odds are against him and there’s dangerous work to do You bet your life Speed Racer will see it through Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer Go! ---
**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 15, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9409 "2025-04-15T20:43:16Z")
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oshikuru! Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oshikuru! My, oh, my! He’s a demon samurai! Who’s the guy who had to die? Oshikuru! ---
**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 15, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9410 "2025-04-15T20:43:47Z")
Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don’t care; I’m still free You can’t take the sky from me Take me out to the black Tell them I ain’t coming back Burn the land and boil the sea You can’t take the sky from me ---
**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 15, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9411 "2025-04-15T21:49:17Z")
In an airplane, I was flying Just a flight attendant guy I can be clumsy, and I stumbled Out the door, into the sky Now I am falling through the air Wind and regret flow through my hair All I can do right now is stare down at the ocean ---
**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 15, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9412 "2025-04-15T22:54:20Z")
Met this pretty young stewardess on a non-stop flight She showed me to my seat and it was love at first sight Now lately I’ve been flying to all kinds of places That I never really wanted to go 'Cause I’ll do anything just to spend a little time With the cutest flight attendant I know You set my ever-lovin’ heart on fire, Airline Amy Tell me I’m your favorite frequent flyer, Airline Amy Found a little piece of heaven on a 747 And no one else can take me higher than Airline Amy ---
**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 15, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9413 "2025-04-15T23:02:47Z")
Standin’ at the airport, lookin’ down the strip She was dryin’ her eyes, she was bitin’ her lip Seven-four-seven Just left from gate eleven And there’s no turning 'round ‘Cause it’s just leaving the ground And gettin’ higher, higher (“Night in the City,” Electric Light Orchestra) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9414 "2025-04-15T23:41:02Z")
I’m sittin’ in the railway station Got a ticket for my destination On a tour of one-night stands My suitcase and guitar in hand And every stop is neatly planned For a poet and a one-man band ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9415 "2025-04-16T01:32:40Z")
Long ago, and oh, so far away I fell in love with you before the second show Your guitar, it sounds so sweet and clear But you’re not really here, it’s just the radio Don’t you remember, you told me you loved me baby? You said you’d be coming back this way again, baby Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby I love you, I really do ---
**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 16, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9416 "2025-04-16T01:34:42Z")
And one by one they disappear I wish that I was flying with them Now you’re not here Like the sun through the trees you came to love me Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away Through autumn’s golden gown we used to kick our way You always loved this time of year Those fallen leaves lie undisturbed now 'Cause you’re not here ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9417 "2025-04-16T02:32:31Z")
The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold I see your lips, the summer kisses The sunburned hands I used to hold Since you went away, the days grow long And soon I’ll hear Old Winter’s song But I miss you most of all, my darling When autumn leaves start to fall ---
**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 16, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9418 "2025-04-16T12:20:57Z")
If the mandolin wind Couldn’t change a thing Then I know I love ya Oh, the snow fell without a break Buffalo died in the frozen fields, you know Through the coldest winter in almost 14 years I couldn’t believe you kept a smile Now I can rest assured Knowing that we’ve seen the worst And I know I love ya ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9419 "2025-04-16T14:07:29Z")
I got a lot of people trying to hunt me down They’ll hang me over their mantle and they can show me off to the crowds It’s a been a poison story about how they made me fall The plaque’ll say a country singer, most rare of them all He’s the most rare of them all I used to be one in a million Now I’m just a bastard son You’ll never catch me alive 'Cause I’m always on the run There’s no good place to die No place I really call my home That’s how I know I’m the last buffalo ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9420 "2025-04-16T14:50:03Z")
Buffalo gals won’t you come out tonight Come out tonight, come out tonight Buffalo gals won’t you come out tonight And we’ll dance by the light of the moon I danced with a gal with a hole in her stocking And her knees was a-knockin’ and her shoes was a’rockin’ I danced with a gal with a hole in her stocking And we danced by the light of the moon ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9421 "2025-04-16T14:52:57Z")
I’m just a Buffalo Soldier In the heart of America Stolen from Africa, brought to America Said he was fighting on arrival Fighting for survival Said he was a Buffalo Soldier Win the war for America ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9422 "2025-04-18T17:45:21Z")
In America you’ll get food to eat Won’t have to run through the jungle And scuff up your feet You’ll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day It’s great to be an American [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=470) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=472)