# 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:** 496
**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 21, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9903 "2025-06-21T01:12:40Z")
I’ll be your candle on the water This flame inside of me will grow Keep holding on, you’ll make it Here’s my hand, so take it Look for me, reaching out to show As sure as rivers flow I’ll never let you go ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9904 "2025-06-21T17:33:38Z")
You can be the captain And I will draw the chart Sailing into destiny Closer to the heart Closer to the heart ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9905 "2025-06-22T07:07:57Z")
I’m in need of a captain And I wish you were that for me today I’m in need of a wax and feather set of wings And then I’ll be okay As long as I wake up When the sun can’t burn away my dream Don’t know when I’ll be back this way Perhaps some day, don’t wait ---
**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 22, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9906 "2025-06-22T12:56:06Z")
Up he goes Into the air And I want to see If he gets there Before he falls What ever else He will fall Depend on this And it’s a long way down Street and houses people toytown And from here to as fro As she can see there’s no one higher ---
**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 22, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9907 "2025-06-22T21:47:24Z")
Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun; Here they come zooming to meet our thunder, At ‘em now, Give 'em the gun! Down we dive, spouting our flame from under, Off with one helluva roar! We live in fame or go down in flame. Hey! Nothing’ll stop the U.S. Air Force! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9908 "2025-06-23T03:25:52Z")
In the Navy they get steak, caviar and whipped cream cake They have fancy cooks who know what cookin’ means In the Army we get mess, and it really is a mess Oh, the Navy gets the gravy, but the Army gets the beans (Beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, beans) ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9909 "2025-06-23T13:36:48Z")
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-comin’ There wasn’t as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin’ On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Yeah, they ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn’t go They ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9910 "2025-06-23T13:44:14Z")
When the sun goes down, the tide goes out, The people gather 'round and they all begin to shout, “Hey! Hey! Uncle Dud, It’s a treat to beat your feet on the Mississippi Mud. It’s a treat to beat your feet on the Mississippi Mud”. ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9911 "2025-06-23T15:05:23Z")
When the moon comes up the sun goes down Rita starts to creep around Gets a flame in her blood fire on her breath Fourteen names notched on her chest ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9912 "2025-06-23T15:28:13Z")
[got a better one] I don’t care if it hurts I want to have control I want a perfect body I want a perfect soul I want you to notice When I’m not around You’re so fucking special I wish I was special But I’m a creep I’m a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don’t belong here ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9913 "2025-06-23T15:32:29Z")
Subway’s no way for a good man to go down Rich man can ride and the hobo he can drown And I thank the Lord for the people I have found I thank the Lord for the people I have found While Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers Turn around and say good morning to the night For unless they see the sky But they can’t and that is why They know not if it’s dark outside or light ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9914 "2025-06-23T21:13:04Z")
Ahh you’ve gone to the finest schools, alright Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it Nobody’s ever taught you how to live out on the street And now you’re gonna have to get used to it You say you never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize He’s not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say do you want to make a deal? ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9915 "2025-06-23T21:16:47Z")
The stories are woven And fortunes are told The truth is measured by the weight of your gold The magic lies scattered On rugs on the ground Faith is conjured in the night market’s sound Would you like my mask? Would you like my mirror? Cries the man in the shadowy hood ---
**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 23, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9916 "2025-06-23T22:42:58Z")
It’s time that I realize That there are some with no home Not a nickel to loan Could it be really me pretending that they’re not alone? A willow deeply scarred Somebody’s broken heart And a washed out dream (washed out dream) They follow the pattern of the wind, ya see 'Cause they got no place to be That’s why I’m starting with me I’m starting with the man in the mirror I’m asking him to change his ways And no message could’ve been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make a change ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9917 "2025-06-23T23:34:39Z")
It’s just heartbreaking I should have known that it would let me down It’s just a mind aching I used to dream about this town It was a sight to see, the place to be Where the living is easy And the kicks can always be found It’s such a shame about it I used to think that it would feel so good But who’s to blame about it So many creeps in Hollywood I’m in this dumb motel near the Taco Bell Without a hope in hell I can’t believe that I’m still around ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9918 "2025-06-23T23:55:44Z")
“But senor, I only have ten dollars, Can’t you give me a room for the night?” We argue about currency and then He says I can stay for the night In this Panama City motel I am out on the freeway again A woman approaches in Barcelona Walking down the Diagonalia Spaghetti concrete overpasses I keep grasping for something familiar ---
**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 24, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9919 "2025-06-24T00:58:41Z")
Strange spaghetti in this solemn city… There’s a postcard we’re all seen before… Past wild-haired teens in dark clothing With hands-full of autographed napkins we eat apples in vans with sandwiches … rush Into the lobby life of hurry up and wait Hurry up and wait for all the odd-shaped keys ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9920 "2025-06-24T04:46:11Z")
Although your world wonders me With your majestic and superior cackling hen Your people, I do not understand So to you, I shall put an end And you’ll never hear surf music again ---
**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 24, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9921 "2025-06-24T12:20:48Z")
Yeah, they tore up our kisses and ran On tomorrow’s pages And the lions have eaten the lamb On tomorrow’s pages There’s a day of your life in your hands Full of people you don’t understand In my highwire days I can see all the way I see through the games you play In my highwire days ---
**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 24, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9922 "2025-06-24T12:31:40Z")
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