# 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:** 474
**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 22, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9463 "2025-04-22T03:30:01Z")
I don’t believe in destiny or the guiding hand or fate I don’t believe in forever, or love as a mystical state I don’t believe in the stars or the planets or angels watching from above But I believe there’s a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love And make it last ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9464 "2025-04-22T07:23:22Z")
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café The last time I saw Paris, her trees were dressed for spring And lovers walked beneath those trees and birds found songs to sing ---
**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 22, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9465 "2025-04-22T12:01:05Z")
Who will go down to the shady groves And summon the shadows there And tie a ribbon on the sheltering arms In the springtime of the year The songs of the birds seem to fill the wood That when the fiddler plays All their voices can be heard Long past their woodland days ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9466 "2025-04-22T13:58:02Z")
If I don’t see a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree I’ll stay on the bus And forget about us And put the blame on me ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9467 "2025-04-22T14:23:44Z")
You just slip out the back, Jack Make a new plan, Stan You don’t need to be coy, Roy Just get yourself free Hop on the bus, Gus You don’t need to discuss much Just drop off the key, Lee And get yourself free ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9468 "2025-04-22T14:32:45Z")
'Twas a moment like this Do you remember? And your eyes blew a kiss When they met mine Now we own all the stars And a million guitars Are still playing Darling, you are that song And you’ll always belong to my heart ---
**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 22, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9469 "2025-04-22T15:33:17Z")
I was a free man in Paris, I felt unfettered and alive There was nobody calling me up for favors And no one’s future to decide You know I’d go back there tomorrow But for the work I’ve taken on Stoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9470 "2025-04-22T17:24:12Z")
Someday, I hope I’ll see you smiling When you’re a free man again I often wonder why Our world has gone so far astray Someway, I know I’ll see you shining When we’re all free men again ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9471 "2025-04-22T22:26:25Z")
Freedom Freedom Freedom Freedom Freedom Sometimes I feel Like I’m almost gone Sometimes I feel Like I’m almost gone Sometimes I feel Like I’m almost gone Yeah A long, long, long Way Way from my home Yeah, yeah ---
**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 22, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9472 "2025-04-22T23:07:54Z")
“Julie, oh, Julie, won’t you lie If they find that trunk of gold by your side? Julie, oh, Julie, you tell them men That that trunk of gold is yours, my friend” “Mistress, oh, mistress, I won’t lie If they find that trunk of gold by my side Mistress, oh, mistress, that trunk of gold Was what you got when my children you sold” ---
**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 22, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9473 "2025-04-22T23:18:35Z")
I want to live, I want to give I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold It’s these expressions I never give That keep me searchin’ for a heart of gold And I’m getting old ---
**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 22, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9474 "2025-04-22T23:40:16Z")
I wish that I did not know Where all broken lovers go I wish that my heart was made of stone Yeah, if I was bulletproof I’d love you black and blue If I was solid like a jewel If I had a diamond heart, oh-oh I’d give you all my love, if I was unbreakable If I had a diamond heart, oh-oh You could shoot me with a gun of gold, if I was unbreakable ---
**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 22, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9475 "2025-04-22T23:49:28Z")
Lurking in some darkened doorway Or crouched on a rooftop somewhere In the next room, or in this very one The man with the golden gun Love is required whenever he’s hired He comes just before the kill No one can catch him, no hitman can match him For his million-dollar skill ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9476 "2025-04-23T03:46:09Z")
He was sitting in the lounge of the Empire Hotel He was drinking for diversion, he was thinking for himself A little money riding on the Maple Leafs Along comes a lady in lacy sleeves She says, “Let me sit down, you know, drinkin’ alone’s a shame It’s a shame, it’s a crying shame Look at those jokers glued to that damn hockey game Hey honey, you’ve got lots of cash Bring us 'round a bottle and we’ll have some laughs Gin’s what I’m drinking, I was raised on robbery” ---
**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 23, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9477 "2025-04-23T12:01:23Z")
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true There’ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty Before the last revolving year is through And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We’re captive on the carousel of time We can’t return, we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9478 "2025-04-23T14:21:01Z")
A creak, as the dodgems came onto the scene. Wheels began turning I started to scream. A carousel swung around, My head spun and hit the ground. A trip to the fair, but nobody was there. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9479 "2025-04-23T15:50:31Z")
Parts of the puzzle will never be found And even though pieces are gone It’s a county fair picture Part of me’s there Some of the pieces are still at the fair And it may be forever ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9480 "2025-04-25T02:35:24Z")
Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there He once was a true love of mine ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9481 "2025-04-25T13:35:17Z")
I dreamt it last night That my true love came in So softly she entered Her feet made no din She came close beside me And this she did say It will not be long love Till our wedding day. ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9482 "2025-04-25T14:17:36Z")
Down by the Salley Gardens, my love and I did meet She passed the Salley Gardens with little snow-white feet She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree But I, being young and foolish, with her did not agree [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=475)