# 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:** 483
**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 13, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9643 "2025-05-13T00:25:33Z")
Saw the demonstration On Remembrance Day Lest we forget the lesson Enshrined in funeral clay History is never written By those who’ve lost The defeated must bear witness to Our collective memory loss ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9644 "2025-05-13T00:31:32Z")
Don’t know much about history Don’t know much about biology Don’t much about a science book Don’t know much about the French I took… ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9645 "2025-05-13T00:42:19Z")
THIS IS MY BRUTALITY! I eat, sleep, breathe the demons in your dreams I eat, sleep, breathe… Look at my eyes, do they look alive? (alive?) Look at my eyes, this is do or die (die) Look at my eyes, do they look alive? (alive?) We kill all of the devils in me I still feel the darkness that lives in me Give you chills, I’ll take your soul in your sleep I’m evil, there’s no escaping from me ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9646 "2025-05-13T01:49:09Z")
Hollow doll, you lied again Don’t come here to pray so full of lie Those fantasies invade like a cancer forms inside Regarding the pain I’m counting again Recover from this doll who you burning for She gives me the same cold look, I want to cut out her eyes This is the healing way, the light is yours I can’t forget And I can’t escape It’s kind of warm, kind of pain, I can’t explain I came here to feel this way My feelings are dead Nothing here is quite the same ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9647 "2025-05-13T02:08:28Z")
Got a feeling inside (Can’t explain) It’s a certain kind (Can’t explain) I feel hot and cold (Can’t explain) Yeah, down in my soul, yeah (Can’t explain) ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9648 "2025-05-13T02:13:10Z")
Remember, when you’re young You surrender to the world Cry when sad or laugh when happy So simple We use to play with dolls Go to the movies, or the mall I remember how they told me How they sold me, how I’m lonely When the world came crashing down on me I did not die, I went to sleep I watch you as I am dreaming Through the mist, I persist ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9649 "2025-05-13T02:39:04Z")
Hey hey kids, where are you Nobody tells you what to do Baby Hey hey kids, shake a leg Maybe you’re crazy in the head Baby Maybe you did Maybe you walked Maybe you rocked around the clock Tick-tock, tick-tock. Maybe I drive Maybe you walk Maybe I drive to get off, baby ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9650 "2025-05-13T03:07:25Z")
Hey kids, shake it loose together The spotlight’s hittin’ something That’s been known to change the weather We’ll kill the fatted calf tonight So stick around You’re gonna hear electric music Solid walls of sound Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet, woo But they’re so spaced out, Be-Be-Bennie and the Jets Oh but they’re weird and wonderful Oh Bennie she’s really clean She’s got electric boots, a Mohair suit You know I read it in a magazine, ooh ho Be-Be-Bennie and the Jets ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9651 "2025-05-13T16:34:59Z")
I remember when rock was young Me and Susie had so much fun Holding hands and skimming stones Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own But the biggest kick I ever got Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock While the other kids were rocking round the block We were hopping and hopping to the Crocodile Rock ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9652 "2025-05-13T16:39:36Z")
Oh Suzie Q Oh Suzie Q, how I love you My Suzie Q I like the way you walk I like the way you talk I like the way you walk, I like the way you talk My Suzie Q ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9653 "2025-05-13T16:51:30Z")
[My parents had 2 Shih Tzu’s, one named Tsuzi Q, the other Lucee Loo, separated by 10 years. The former had this little “seal dance” she would do when excited or begging for a treat; the latter was a master food thief. My mother named the latter, not knowing about the Asian martial arts actress in question…] * * * Are you a bad girl? Do you look super cute? Do you ride around your city with your whole crew? Do you like fast cars? Do you race Subarus? Are you a bad girl Just like Lucy Liu? Just like Lucy Liu, just like Lucy Liu Are you a bad girl Just like Lucy Liu? Just like Lucy Liu, just like Lucy Liu Are you a bad girl Just like Lucy Liu? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9654 "2025-05-13T17:04:17Z")
Like Steve McQueen All I need’s a fast machine I’m gonna make it all right (ooh, ooh) Like Steve McQueen Underneath your radar screen You’ll never catch me tonight (ooh, ooh) ---
**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, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9655 "2025-05-13T17:14:00Z")
The machine of a dream Such a clean machine With the pistons a-pumping And the hubcaps all gleam When I’m holding your wheel All I hear is your gear When my hand’s on your grease gun Oh, it’s like a disease, son I’m in love with my car Got to feel for my automobile Get a grip on my boy racer roll bar Such a thrill when your radials squeal ---
**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:** [May 13, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9656 "2025-05-13T18:11:51Z")
I’ve been driving all night, my hand’s wet on the wheel There’s a voice in my head, that drives my heel It’s my baby callin’, says I need you here And it’s half past four and I’m shifting gear When she’s lonely and the longing gets too much She sends a cable coming in from above Don’t need no phone at all We’ve got a thing that’s called: Radar love We’ve got a wave in the air Radar 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 13, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9657 "2025-05-13T18:25:20Z")
I got turned around in some little town I’d never been to before Working my way through a middle-of-June Midnight thunderstorm There was something in the headlights It stopped me on a dime Well, she was scared to death, so I said “Climb in,” and then she climbed Oh, yeah Well, she was bruised and broke from head to toe With a tear in her blood-stained shirt She didn’t tell the whole truth, but she didn’t have to I knew what had happened to her I didn’t load her down with questions That girl had been through enough I just threw it in drive, looked in those eyes And I asked her where he was ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9658 "2025-05-13T21:56:47Z")
Kill the headlights and put it in neutral Stock car flamin’ with a loser and the cruise control Baby’s in Reno with the vitamin D Got a couple of couches, sleep on the love-seat Someone came in sayin’ I’m insane to complain About a shotgun wedding and a stain on my shirt Don’t believe everything that you breathe You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve So shave your face with some mace in the dark Savin’ all your food stamps and burnin’ down the trailer park Yo, cut it ---
**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 13, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9659 "2025-05-13T22:43:32Z")
Hey little sister what have you done? Hey little sister who’s the only one? Hey little sister who’s your superman? Hey little sister who’s the one you want? Hey little sister shot gun! There is nothin’ fair in this world There is nothin’ safe in this world And there’s nothin’ sure in this world And there’s nothin’ pure in this world Look for something left in this world Start again ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9660 "2025-05-14T00:10:11Z")
The world is a bad place, a bad place A terrible place to live Oh, but I don’t wanna die All my sorrow Sad tomorrow Take me back to my old home All my crying (all my crying) Feel I’m dying, dying Take me back to my old home ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9661 "2025-05-14T00:12:01Z")
Go ahead and hate your neighbor Go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of heaven You can justify it in the end There won’t be any trumpets blowin’ Come the judgment day On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9662 "2025-05-14T00:13:42Z")
Day of wrath, O day of mourning! See fulfilled the prophet’s warning: Heav’n and earth in ashes burning. Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth, Through earth’s sepulchers it ringeth, All before the throne it bringeth. O what fear man’s bosom rendeth When from heav’n the Judge descendeth On whose sentence all dependeth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=482) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=484)