# 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:** 494
**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:** [June 15, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9863 "2025-06-15T20:25:32Z")
Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes It’s a little secret, just the Robinsons’ affair Most of all, you’ve got to hide it from the kids ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9864 "2025-06-16T03:15:12Z")
Hide in your shell, 'cause the world is out to bleed you for a ride What will you gain making your life a little longer Heaven or hell, was the journey cold that gave you eyes of steel Shelter behind painting your mind and playing joker ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9865 "2025-06-16T04:47:30Z")
The lover of life’s not a sinner The ending is just a beginner The closer you get to the meaning The sooner you’ll know that you’re dreaming So it’s on and on and on, oh, it’s on and on and on It goes on and on and on, Heaven and Hell ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9866 "2025-06-16T05:10:47Z")
I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine Any time, night or day Only trouble is, gee whiz I’m dreaming my life away I need you so, that I could die I love you so, and that is why Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream Dream, dream, dream… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9867 "2025-06-16T13:29:12Z")
If I could see something You can see anything you want, boy If I could be someone You can be anyone, celebrate, boy Well, if I could do something You can do something If I could do anything Can you do something out of this world? Take a dream on a Sunday Take a life, take a holiday Take a lie, take a dreamer Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream along ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9868 "2025-06-16T14:29:02Z")
Almost apart, I’m divided With control dots Almost divine, she takes her time And she go out of her mind On the way out, out of this world On a day out, out of this world Hey there, please come and stay with me now Beneath the ashes of our sky Beneath the curse that sucks you dry ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9869 "2025-06-16T14:29:09Z")
Now here I go again I see the crystal visions I keep my visions to myself It’s only me who wants to wrap around your dreams And have you any dreams you’d like to sell? Dreams of loneliness ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9870 "2025-06-16T14:37:21Z")
The percentage you’re paying is too high priced While you’re living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he’s made on your dreams But today you just read that the man was shot dead By a gun that didn’t make any noise But it wasn’t the bullet that laid him to rest, was The low spark of high-heeled boys ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9871 "2025-06-16T14:43:45Z")
And you can swallow Or you can spit You can throw it up Or choke on it And you can dream So dream out loud You know that your time is coming 'round So don’t let the bastards grind you down ---
**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:** [June 16, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9872 "2025-06-16T14:47:50Z")
Today, you’re gonna be so sick, so sick You’ll prop your forehead on the sink Say, “Oh, Christ, oh, Jesus Christ My head’s gonna crack like a bank.” Tonight, you’ll fall asleep in clothes So late like a candy bar wrapped up For lunch, that’s all you get to taste Poverty and spit Poverty and spit ---
**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:** [June 17, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9873 "2025-06-17T14:08:24Z")
I ain’t got nobody Nobody cares for 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:** [June 17, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9874 "2025-06-17T14:26:43Z")
We want We want your body We want your body We want your body We want your body We want We want your body We want your body We want your body We want your body ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9875 "2025-06-17T15:05:04Z")
I want you You know I want you so bad I want you You know I want you so bad It’s driving me mad It’s driving me mad ---
**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:** [June 17, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9876 "2025-06-17T16:04:33Z")
On the day that your mentality Catches up with your biology I want the one I can’t have And it’s driving me mad It’s all over, all over, all over my face ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9877 "2025-06-18T14:36:59Z")
Come with me now Come with me now Woah come with me now I’m gonna take you down Woah come with me now I’m gonna show you how ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9878 "2025-06-18T16:18:48Z")
Come with me And we shall run across the sky And illuminate the night Oh, oh, oh, I will try and guide you To better times and brighter days Don’t be afraid Go up the ladder to the roof Where we can see heaven much better Go up the ladder to the roof Where we can be (where we can be, where we can be) Closer to heaven (to heaven, stay) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9879 "2025-06-18T18:20:47Z")
You can have my autograph I think I’ll sign it “love to you” But should I sign it just for you? Stairway to the stars! Think I’ll write, “Good health to you” Stairway to the stars! We got better things to do ---
**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:** [June 18, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9880 "2025-06-18T20:27:55Z")
“Do you love me? Do you wanna be my friend? And if you do Well then don’t be afraid to take me by the hand If you want to I think this is how love goes Check yes or no” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9881 "2025-06-18T20:35:27Z")
Come on now, try and understand The way I feel under your command Take my hand as the sun descends They can’t hurt you now Can’t hurt you now Can’t hurt you now ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9882 "2025-06-18T22:14:29Z")
I’m gonna take a freight train Down at the station I don’t care where it goes Gonna climb a mountain The highest mountain I’ll jump off, nobody gonna know Can’t you see, whoa, can’t you see What that woman, Lord, she been doin’ to me? Can’t you see, can’t you see What that woman, she’s been doin’ to me? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=493) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=495)