# 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:** 52
**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:** [April 27, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1021 "2021-04-27T15:01:08Z")
I don’t care what people say **Rock and roll is here to stay** (We don’t care what people say) (Rock and roll is here to stay) Danny & the Juniors ---
**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:** [April 27, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1022 "2021-04-27T16:47:36Z")
I said I know **it’s only rock 'n roll but I like it** I said I know it’s only rock’n roll but I like it, like it, yes, I do Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it I said can’t you see that this old boy has been a lonely? The Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1023 "2021-04-27T16:50:44Z")
No one likes us, no one likes us No one likes us, we don’t care! We are Millwall, super Millwall We are Millwall from The Den Millwall FC chant (to the tune of ‘Sailing’) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1024 "2021-04-27T16:55:56Z")
And as for me I can sit here and bide my time I got nothing to lose if I speak my mind I don’t care anymore, I don’t care no more Phil Collins ---
**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:** [April 27, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1025 "2021-04-27T22:02:31Z")
Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ comes Watching the ships roll in Then I watch ‘em roll away again, yeah I’m **sittin’ on the dock of the bay** Watchin’ the tide roll away, ooh I’m just sittin’ on the dock of the bay Wastin’ time Otis Redding ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1026 "2021-04-28T00:30:55Z")
There’s Brooklyn Bridge, London Bridge, And the Bridge of San Louis Rey But the only bridge, that’s a real gone bridge, Is the bridge across the bay San Francisco, I’m coming home again, Never to roam again, by gum San Francisco, I don’t mean Frisco **San Francisco** , here I come! Judy Garland ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1027 "2021-04-28T02:35:36Z")
If you’re going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you’re going to San Francisco You’re gonna meet some gentle people there _San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)_ – Scott McKenzie _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![its\_the\_daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1028 "2021-04-28T07:51:24Z")
She’ll grab your sweaty bollocks Then slowly raise her knee Don’t marry her, fuck me When the Sunday sun shines down on San Francisco Bay And you know that you can’t have it anyway You gotta wash the car Take the kiddies to the park Don’t marry her, fuck me Don’t marry her, The Beautiful South ---
**Author:** ![Casparlatete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/casparlatete/32/3377_2.png) [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1029 "2021-04-28T10:45:38Z")
My brother makes the noises for the talkies There’s not a single noise that he can’t do If you’ve forgotten what a parrot’s squawk is Our Bill can illustrate that squawk to you He does the noise escaping from liners leaving dock He’ll fake a razor scraping or else a cuckoo clock My brother makes the noises for the talkies There’s not a single noise that he can’t do _Bonzo Dog_ ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1030 "2021-04-28T14:33:56Z")
You oughta be in pictures You’re wonderful to see You oughta be in pictures Oh, what a hit you would be Your voice would thrill a nation Your face would be adored You’d make a great sensation With wealth and fame your reward ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1031 "2021-04-28T14:53:52Z")
They was taking plaster tire tracks, Footprints, dog-smelling prints and they took twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored Glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of Each one explaining what each one was, to be used as evidence against us. Took pictures of the approach, the getaway, the Northwest corner, the Southwest corner, and that’s not to mention the aerial photography! Arlo Guthrie - _Alice’s Restaurant_ ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1032 "2021-04-28T15:28:58Z")
Riding on The City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail Arlo Guthrie - _The City of New Orleans_ ---
**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:** [April 28, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1033 "2021-04-28T21:11:28Z")
Well, I was drunk the day my mama got out of prison And I went to pick her up in the rain But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got run over by a damned old train David Allen Coe - _You Never Even Called Me by My Name_ ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1034 "2021-04-29T00:13:35Z")
Too late, my brothers Too late, but never mind **All my trials** , Lord, soon be over Joan Baez ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1035 "2021-04-29T00:37:27Z")
The judge said “guilty” in a make-believe trial Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile Said, “Supper’s waiting at home and I got to get to it” That’s **the night that the lights went out in Georgia** That’s the night that they hung an innocent man Well, don’t trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer 'Cause the judge in the town’s got bloodstains on his hands Vicki Lawrence ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1036 "2021-04-29T01:36:02Z")
The account of the capture Wasn’t in the papers, But you know, they hanged ol’ Smack right then Instead of later. You know, the people were quite pleased 'Cause the outlaw had been seized And on the whole, it was a very good year Carole King - _Smackwater Jack_ For the undertaker. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1037 "2021-04-29T12:47:04Z")
You just call out my name And you know, wherever I am I’ll come runnin’ To see you again **Carole King** - You’ve Got a Friend ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1038 "2021-04-29T14:27:23Z")
It’s so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day, And talk about the home town a million miles away. Is the ice still on the river? Are the old folks still the same? And by the way, did she mention my name? _Did She Mention My Name?_ – Gordon Lightfoot ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1039 "2021-04-29T15:55:53Z")
But for all these great powers, he’s wishful, like me To be back where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea _Mountains of Mourne_ ---
**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:** [April 29, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1040 "2021-04-29T17:18:27Z")
Shannon is gone I heard She’s drifting out to sea She always loved to swim away Maybe she’ll find an island With a shaded tree Just like the one in our back yard Ah Just like the one in our back yard Ah Henry Gross [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=53)