# 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:** 498
**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 25, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9943 "2025-06-25T20:43:11Z")
Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ come Watching the ships roll in And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay Watching the tide roll away I’m just sittin’ on the dock of the bay Wastin’ time ---
**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:** [June 25, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9944 "2025-06-25T20:53:01Z")
When I’m out walking, I strut my stuff Yeah, and I’m so strung out I’m high as a kite, I just might Stop to check you out Let me go on Like I blister in the sun Let me go on Big hands, I know you’re the one ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9945 "2025-06-25T22:29:52Z")
_(I got blisters on me fingers!)_ When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride Till I get to the bottom, and I see you again Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! But do you, don’t you, want me to love you? I’m coming down fast, but I’m miles above you Tell me, tell me, tell me Come on, tell me the answer Well, you may be a lover But you ain’t no dancer ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9946 "2025-06-25T22:42:38Z")
Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride (Love rollercoaster, love rollercoaster ride) (Why don’t you ride, child?) Your love is like a rollercoaster, baby, baby, all you do is ride Ride ---
**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:** [June 26, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9947 "2025-06-26T01:34:26Z")
Riding along on a carousel Trying to catch up to you Riding along on a carousel Will I catch up to you? Horses chasin’, ‘cause they’re racin’ So near yet so far On a carousel On a carousel ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9948 "2025-06-26T02:28:38Z")
Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house, we’re born Into this world, we’re thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan Riders on the storm ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9949 "2025-06-26T13:13:28Z")
Well, I’ve got to run to keep from hiding, And I’m bound to keep on riding. And I’ve got one more silver dollar, But I’m not gonna let them catch me, no, Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9950 "2025-06-26T14:37:23Z")
I’m a-talkin’ ‘bout the midnight rambler Everybody got to go Well I’m a-talkin’ ‘bout the midnight gambler The one you never seen before I’m sighin’ down the wind so sadly A-listen and you’ll hear me moan Well I’m a talkin’ 'bout the midnight gambler And everybody got to go ---
**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:** [June 26, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9951 "2025-06-26T14:46:13Z")
‘Cause I was born lonely down by the riverside Learned to spin fortune wheels and throw dice I was just thirteen when I had to leave home Knew I couldn’t stick around, I had to roam Ain’t good lookin’, but you know I ain’t shy Ain’t afraid to look you girl, hey, in the eye So if you need some lovin’ and you need it right away Take a little time out, and maybe I’ll stay But I got to ramble (Ramblin’ man) Gamble (Gamblin’ man) Got to, got to ramble (Ramblin’ man) I was born a ramblin’, gamblin’ man ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9952 "2025-06-26T17:31:44Z")
Ramble on And now’s the time, the time is now Sing my song I’m goin’ 'round the world, I gotta find my girl On my way I’ve been this way ten years to the day I’m gonna ramble on Gotta find the queen of all my dreams ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9953 "2025-06-26T17:42:43Z")
My mind is back behind my eyes And there before me sits a [butterfly](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Queen_%28Danaus_gilippus_berenice%29.JPG/1920px-Queen_%28Danaus_gilippus_berenice%29.JPG) And as I watch, she gently cries (And as I watch, she gently cries) Can there be anyone who’ll pity her? (Who’ll pity her?) How many faces Have all of you been? If I was the King She’d be my Queen ---
**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 26, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9954 "2025-06-26T20:07:14Z")
She’s my queen, it’s like a dream When I hear her victims start to scream In and out of the sack, she’s the maniac For me, oh Millie! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9955 "2025-06-27T00:16:00Z")
Making love in the afternoon With Cecilia up in my bedroom I get up to wash my face When I come back to bed Someone’s taken my place ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9956 "2025-06-27T00:25:43Z")
I know there’s nothing to say Someone has taken my place When times go bad When times go rough Won’t you lay me down in tall grass And let me do my stuff ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9957 "2025-06-27T00:37:08Z")
So hard to find my way Now that I’m all on my own I saw you just the other day My, how you have grown Cast my memory back there, Lord Sometimes I’m overcome thinking about Making love in the green grass Behind the stadium With you, my brown-eyed girl You, my brown-eyed girl ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9958 "2025-06-27T05:16:46Z")
So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do You see, I’ve forgotten if they’re green or they’re blue Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9959 "2025-06-27T12:20:30Z")
Digging for the blue and the green Constant in opal or ultramarine But you could only find yourself that way Thinking of all that I left behind Down in the shaft when my mind was blind But you could even find yourself that way ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9960 "2025-06-27T14:28:24Z")
Looking to the white framed headland Green pockets dropping a bright cockatoo Circles up in the breeze, in the realm you can’t reach In the deep marine, in the deep marine There is room for make believe out in the ocean There is room for make believe out on the land In the wet, flashes by, its a green silhouette In the deep marine, in the deep marine ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9961 "2025-06-27T17:00:32Z")
Lookin’ back on the track for a little green bag Got to find just the kind or I’m losin’ my mind Out of sight, in the night, out of sight in the day Lookin’ back on the track, gonna do it my way Out of sight, in the night, out of sight in the day Lookin’ back on the track, gonna do it my way Look back ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/9962 "2025-06-27T17:41:40Z")
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