# 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:** 491
**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 26, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9803 "2025-05-26T21:16:51Z")
I’ll be alone each and every night While you’re away, don’t forget to write Bye-bye, so long, farewell Bye-bye, so long See you in September See you when the summer’s through ---
**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 26, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9804 "2025-05-26T21:23:11Z")
I can’t speak I don’t know why I must have drowned in your eyes The sky is an endless ocean The deepest kind of blue Don’t let September Come too soon Falling through the summer haze All my thoughts are blown away Forever hours, a field of tall flowers And 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:** [May 26, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9805 "2025-05-26T21:26:38Z")
Oh, it’s a long long time From May to December And the days grow short When you reach September When the autumn weather Turns the leaves to flame And you ain’t got time For the waiting game When days dwindle down to a precious few September, November And these few golden days I’d share with you Those golden days I’d share with you ---
**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 26, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9806 "2025-05-26T21:36:09Z")
Though we’ve got to say Goodbye for the summer Baby, I promise you this I’ll send you all my love Every day in a letter Sealed with a kiss ---
**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 26, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9807 "2025-05-26T21:42:33Z")
Yours is the cloth, mine is the hand that sews time His is the force that lies within Ours is the fire, all we can find He is a feather in the wind Oh, all of my love, All of my love, Oh, all of my love to you now. ---
**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 26, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9808 "2025-05-26T21:48:32Z")
Well, I just keep thinkin’ bout you, Sister golden-hair surprise… I just can’t live without you, can’t you see it in my eyes… ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9809 "2025-05-26T22:37:09Z")
Does he love me? I want to know How can I tell if he loves me so? (Is it in his eyes?) Oh, no! You’ll be deceived (Is it in his sighs?) Oh, no! He’ll make believe If you want to know if he loves you so, it’s in his kiss (that’s where it is) ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9810 "2025-05-26T22:39:28Z")
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah And now that your rose is in bloom A light hits the gloom on the gray ---
**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 26, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9811 "2025-05-26T23:21:48Z")
And tell me grey seal 😛 How does it feel To be so wise To see through eyes That only see what’s real Tell me grey seal ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9812 "2025-05-27T01:01:13Z")
Well on the way, head in a cloud The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud But nobody wants to hear him, or the sound he appears to make And he never gives an answer But the fool on the hill sees the sun coming down And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9813 "2025-05-27T13:45:52Z")
Head over heels, where should I go? Can’t stop myself, out of control Head over heels, no time to think Looks like the whole world’s out of sync ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9814 "2025-05-27T13:57:14Z")
Monday morning Eighteen years of dawning I say how long You say how long It was one dull morning Woke the world with bawling I was so sad (so sad) It was so bad I was of a feeling it was out of control I had the opinion it was out of control ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9815 "2025-05-27T16:33:54Z")
I was young I was foolish I was angry I was vain I was charming I was lucky Tell me how have I changed Now I’m out Oh out of control Now I’m out Oh out of control Oh help me now ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9816 "2025-05-27T19:25:34Z")
Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom Take your protein pill And put your helmet on ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9817 "2025-05-27T19:33:57Z")
Confusion in her eyes that says it all. She’s lost control. And she’s clinging to the nearest passer by, She’s lost control. And she gave away the secrets of her past, And said I’ve lost control again, And of the voice that told her when and where to act, She said I’ve lost control 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 27, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9818 "2025-05-27T21:03:15Z")
She’s come undone She didn’t know what she was headed for And when I found what she was headed for It was too late She’s come undone She found a mountain that was far too high And when she found out she couldn’t fly It was too late It’s too late She’s gone too far She’s lost the sun ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9819 "2025-05-27T21:13:51Z")
Cuz baby, there ain’t no mountain high enough Ain’t no valley low enough Ain’t no river wide enough To keep me from getting to you, babe ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9820 "2025-05-27T21:27:33Z")
Mount Everest ain’t got on me Mount Everest ain’t got on me 'Cause I’m on top of the world I’m on top of the world, yeah Burj, Dubai ain’t got on me You could touch the sky, but you ain’t got on me 'Cause I’m on top of the world I’m on top of the world, 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 27, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9821 "2025-05-27T21:43:51Z")
I am short, fat, and proud of that And so with all my might I up, down, up, down toy appetite’s delight When I up, down, touch the ground I think of things to chew: Like some honey, milk, and chocolate With a happy, healthy appetite I’m a happy, healthy Pooh ---
**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 27, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9822 "2025-05-27T22:47:06Z")
Trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro you have no word trip, trip to a dream dragon hide your wings in a ghost tower sails cackling at every plate we break cracked by scattered needles the little minute gong coughs and clears his throat madam you see before you stand hey ho, never be still [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=490) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=492)