# 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:** 482
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9623 "2025-05-11T11:09:10Z")
The wild blessed me with an errant mind Showing the way for the ultimate lore I went around the world, beyond the wild Finding my home from an ocean shore Wayfarer, heart lander What if I only had One more night to live Home is where the way is My road goes on forever One more voyage One more voyage One more voyage to go ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9624 "2025-05-11T12:52:14Z")
Seventy-three men sailed up From the San Francisco Bay Rolled off of their ship, and here’s what they had to say “We’re callin’ everyone to ride along to another shore We can laugh our lives away and be free once more” But no one heard them callin’ No one came at all ‘Cause they were too busy watchin’ those old raindrops fall As a storm was blowin’ out on the peaceful sea Seventy-three men sailing off to history ---
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9625 "2025-05-11T23:17:33Z")
San Francisco morning, running clear and cold Don’t know if I’m walking or I’m dreaming Riding with Fats Waller on the Super G He said, “Music’s real, the rest is seeming” Oh, he played, feeling that won’t go away Left the sound of his soul in the air I can feel it out there, and I know He left his soul shadows on my mind On my mind, on my mind ---
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9626 "2025-05-11T23:32:26Z")
Well, information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best ---
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9627 "2025-05-11T23:38:06Z")
Cities full of hatred Fear and lies Withered hearts And cruel tormented eyes Scheming demons Dressed in kingly guise Beating down the multitude And scoffing at the wise The hypocrites are slandering The sacred halls of Truth Ancient nobles showering Their bitterness on youth Can’t we find The minds that made us stong Can’t we learn To feel what’s right and wrong ---
**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:** [May 12, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9628 "2025-05-12T00:23:10Z")
Teach your children well Their father’s hell Did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they pick’s the one you’ll know by ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9629 "2025-05-12T05:25:01Z")
Then the teacher told me It had been a lot of fun Thanked me for my ticket And all that I had done Hey man! What’s the plan? What was that you said? Suntan, drink in hand Lying there in bed I tried to socialize but I just couldn’t find What I was looking for Got something on my mind ---
**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:** [May 12, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9630 "2025-05-12T05:44:46Z")
My baby moves at midnight Goes right on till the dawn My woman takes me higher My woman keeps me warm What you doin′ on your bed on your back? Ahhhh What you doin’ on your bed on your back? Ahhhh You should be dancing, yeah Dancing, 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:** [May 12, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9631 "2025-05-12T10:56:10Z")
Street is jumping; tonight there’ll be a brawl Old Lady McDuffy, she done give the cops a call She might as well have called the army Or the United States Marines Cuz can’t nobody handle this Badstreet scene! Badstreet, Atlanta, G-A! The baddest Street in the whole U-S-A! Badstreet, nasty and hot! The further down the block you went, the badder it got ---
**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:** [May 12, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9632 "2025-05-12T13:14:05Z")
Brace yourself, I’ll take you on a trip down memory lane This is not a rap on how I’m slingin crack or move cocaine This is cul-de-sac and plenty Cognac and major pain Not the drill sergeant, but the stress that weighing on your brain It was Me, O-Boog, and Yaya, YG Lucky ride down Rosecrans It got ugly, waving your hand out the window. Check yo self Uh, warriors and Conans Hope euphoria can slow dance with society The driver seat the first one to get killed ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9633 "2025-05-12T13:26:21Z")
While Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers Turn around and say, ‘Good morning’ To the night ---
**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:** [May 12, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9634 "2025-05-12T14:54:54Z")
I was gambling in Havana I took a little risk Send lawyers, guns, and money Dad, get me out of this ---
**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:** [May 12, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9635 "2025-05-12T16:54:28Z")
I can’t keep up with what’s been going on I think my heart must just be slowing down Among the human beings in their designer jeans Am I the only one who hears the screams And the strangled cries of lawyers in 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:** [May 12, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9636 "2025-05-12T17:29:00Z")
There’s a kind of hush all over the world tonight All over the world, you can hear the sound of lovers in love ---
**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:** [May 12, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9637 "2025-05-12T20:15:25Z")
Hello, young lovers, whoever you are I hope your troubles are few All my good wishes go with you tonight I’ve been in love like you ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9638 "2025-05-12T20:27:27Z")
Hello, Mary Lou, goodbye, heart Sweet Mary Lou, I’m so in love with you I knew Mary Lou, we’d never part So, hello, Mary Lou, goodbye, 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:** [May 12, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9639 "2025-05-12T21:09:24Z")
[edit: the above is NOT from the following Supertramp song, to my total shock given the names] * * * Goodbye stranger, it’s been nice Hope you’ll find your paradise Tried to see your point of view Hope your dreams will all come true Goodbye, Mary, goodbye, Jane Will we ever meet again? Feel no sorrow, feel no shame Come tomorrow, feel no pain Sweet devotion (Goodbye, Mary), it’s not for me (Goodbye, Jane) Just give me motion (Will we ever) and set me free (Meet again?) And land and the ocean (Feel no sorrow), far away (Feel no shame) The life I’ve chosen (Come tomorrow), every day (Feel no pain) So goodbye, Mary (Goodbye, Mary), goodbye, Jane (Goodbye, Jane) Will we ever (Will we ever) meet again? (Meet 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:** [May 12, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9640 "2025-05-12T21:54:39Z")
It’s a long day livin’ in Reseda There’s a freeway runnin’ through the yard And I’m a bad boy ‘cause I don’t even miss her I’m a bad boy for breakin’ her heart And I’m free Free fallin’ Yeah, I’m free Free fallin’ ---
**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:** [May 12, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9641 "2025-05-12T23:39:02Z")
Do you remember, barefoot on the lawn with shooting stars? Do you remember, loving on the floor in Belsize Park? Do you remember, dancing in stilettos in the snow? Do you remember, you never understood I had to go? By the way, didn’t I break your heart? Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heart So sorry, I never meant to break your heart But you broke mine ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9642 "2025-05-13T00:08:16Z")
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