# 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:** 472
**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 18, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9423 "2025-04-18T18:10:57Z")
The rock that would cleanse The souls of all men Made His way through the heart Of Jerusalem Down the Via Dolorosa Called “The Way of Suffering” Like a lamb came the Messiah Christ the King But He chose to walk that road Out of His love for you and me Down the Via Dolorosa All the way to Calvary ---
**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 18, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9424 "2025-04-18T18:13:09Z")
Early morning Manhattan Ocean winds blow on the land The Movie Palace is now undone The all night watchmen have had their fun Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show It’s the same old ending, time to go Get out! It seems they cannot leave their dream There’s something moving in the sidewalk steam And the lamb lies down on Broadway ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9425 "2025-04-18T18:18:36Z")
Early one mornin’ while makin’ the rounds Took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down Went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin’ 44 beneath my head Got up next mornin’ and I grabbed that gun Took a shot of cocaine and away I run Made a good run, but ran too slow They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9426 "2025-04-18T19:14:30Z")
Hey Joe Where you going with that gun in your hand? Hey Joe I said, where you going with that gun in your hand? I’m going down to shoot my old lady You know, I caught her messing around with another man I’m going down to shoot my old lady You know, I caught her messing around with another man And that ain’t too cool ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9427 "2025-04-18T19:16:30Z")
Well, you can’t watch your wife And your outside women too You know you can’t watch your wife And your outside women’s too 'Cause when you’re out with your women Your wife will be at home Cooking your food, doing your dirt Buddy, what you tryna do? ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9428 "2025-04-18T19:21:26Z")
All you fellas, gather 'round me And let me give you some good advice What I’m gonna, I’m gonna ask you now You’d better think about it twice While you’re lying, cheating on your woman There is something you never even thought of Now, tell me Who’s making love to your old lady While you were out making love? (Hear me now) Who’s making love to your old lady While you were out making love? ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9429 "2025-04-18T19:37:29Z")
All you fellas who have someone, and you really care It’s all of you fellas who better beware Somebody’s out to get your lady A few of your buddies, they sure look shady Blades are long, clenched tight in their fists Aimed straight at your back, and I don’t think they’ll miss (What they do?) They smile in your face All the time, they wanna take your place They’re back stabbers, back stabbers ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9430 "2025-04-18T19:42:31Z")
Some other man, some other man Some other man, some other man Always hangin’ around I’d rather be dead, I’d be rather dead I’d rather be dead, I’d be rather dead Than to see you with another man (Sleepin’ six feet in the ground) ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9431 "2025-04-18T20:13:45Z")
Well, I’d rather see you dead, little girl Than to be with another man You’d better keep your head, little girl Or you won’t know who I am You better run for your life if you can, little girl Hide your head in the sand, little girl Catch you with another man, that’s the end Little girl ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9432 "2025-04-18T20:14:34Z")
I’ve been searching for my dream A hundred times today I build them up, you knock them down Like they were made of clay Then the tide rushes in And washes my castles away Then I’m really not so sure Which side of the bed I should lay I should lay ---
**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 19, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9433 "2025-04-19T22:08:44Z")
Met you at the mall Didn’t know how far I would fall My friends said I was a fool (You’re a fool) (Shut up) ‘Cause you were older and got kicked out of school (You’re so rad) Together we were gonna travel the globe From Alberta to Ontario But now I’m building Sandcastles in the sand (Sandcastles in the sand) Thought I could fly when you held my hand (Thought I could fly) (But now) Eternity it turns to black and white It was the greatest week and a half of my life ---
**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 19, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9434 "2025-04-19T22:18:29Z")
Down the street you can hear her scream “you’re a disgrace” As she slams the door in his drunken face, And now he stands outside And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool He cries “Oh girl, you must be mad, What happened to the sweet love you and me had?” Against the door he leans and starts a scene, And his tears fall and burn the garden green And so castles made of sand, Fall in the sea, eventually ---
**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 19, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9435 "2025-04-19T22:26:26Z")
Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face Caesar’s palace, morning glory, silly human race On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place If the summer change to winter, yours is no disgrace Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are Lost in summer, born in winter, travel very far Lost in musing circumstances, that’s just where you are ---
**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 19, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9436 "2025-04-19T22:46:36Z")
I realize the best part of love is the thinnest slice And it don’t count for much But I’m not letting go, I believe there’s still much to believe in So lift your eyes if you feel you can Reach for a star, and I’ll show you a plan I’ve figured it out; what I needed was someone to show me ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9437 "2025-04-20T01:01:57Z")
“Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick The one that makes me scream”, she said “The one that makes me laugh”, she said And threw her arms around my neck Show me how you do it And I promise you, I promise that I’ll run away with you I’ll run away with you ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9438 "2025-04-20T01:04:12Z")
Don’t runaway, midnight hideaway Don’t you fade away 'til the morning light Don’t runaway, midnight hideaway Don’t you fade away 'til the morning light I see you from my window In the shadows of the night You’re standing on Love Street On the beat of better things I’ll see you standin’ there You don’t care anymore And love in your life Stabbin’ knife in my heart ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9439 "2025-04-20T02:02:35Z")
Journey homeward bound A sound of a dolphin calling Tearing off the mask of man The Tower my sole guide This is who I am Escapist, paradise seeker Farewell now time to fly Out of sight, out of time, away from all lies A nightingale in a golden cage That’s me locked inside reality’s maze Come someone make my heavy heart light Come undone bring me back to life ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9440 "2025-04-20T16:06:51Z")
White bird in a golden cage On a winter’s day In the rain White bird in a golden cage Alone The leaves blow Across the long, black road To the darkened skies In it’s rage But the white bird just sits in her cage Unknown White bird must fly Or she will die ---
**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 20, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9441 "2025-04-20T20:56:00Z")
In every color, there is a light In every stone sleeps a crystal Remember the shaman when he used to say: “Man is the dream of the dolphin.” ---
**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 20, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9442 "2025-04-20T21:02:17Z")
This old world’s just got to change It just can’t stay the way it’s been And all the ways of war Won’t change it in the end So I’ve been searching for the dolphin in the sea And sometimes I wonder, do you ever think of me? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=471) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=473)