# 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:** 60
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1182 "2021-05-19T11:33:22Z")
You’ve got a cute way of talking You got the better of me Just snap your fingers and I’m walking Like a dog hanging on your lead I’m in a spin you know Shaking on string you know You make me feel like dancing I’m gonna dance the night away ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1183 "2021-05-19T12:07:42Z")
Crazy people walking round with blood in their eyes And all she wants to do is dance, dance, dance Wild-eyed pistols wavers who ain’t afraid to die And all she wants to do is And all she wants to do is dance And make romance Don Henley ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1184 "2021-05-19T13:11:30Z")
I ask about your turtle And you ask about the weather I can’t jump a hurdle and We can’t get together We could be relaxin’ In my sleepin’ bag But all you want to do for me, Mama, is rag Mama rag ---
**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 19, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1185 "2021-05-19T15:16:22Z")
All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die," Says the man next to me out of nowhere It’s apropos Of nothing He says his name’s William but I’m sure, He’s Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy And he’s plain ugly to me And I wonder if he’s ever had a day of fun in his whole life Sheryl Crow ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1186 "2021-05-19T15:54:05Z")
Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas You know he knows just exactly what the facts is He ain’t gonna let those two escape justice He makes his livin’ off of the people’s taxes Bobbie Sue, whoa, whoa, she slipped away Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day They got the money, hey You know they got away They headed down south and they’re still running today Singin’ go on take the money and run Steve Miller Band ---
**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 19, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1187 "2021-05-19T16:44:02Z")
And papa said to mama, as he passed around the blackeyed peas Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please There’s five more acres in the lower forty I’ve got to plow And mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow Seems like nothin’ ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge And now Billy Joe MacAllister’s jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge Bobbie Gentry _Ode to Billy Joe_ ---
**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 19, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1188 "2021-05-19T18:37:02Z")
Might as well jump (Jump) Go ahead and jump Get it in, jump (Jump) Go ahead and jump Van Halen ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1189 "2021-05-19T19:08:47Z")
Oooh, you gotta jump, jive then ya wail You gotta jump jive, jive, then ya wail Louis Prima ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1190 "2021-05-19T19:53:49Z")
I know a cat named Way-Out Willie He got a cool little chick named Rockin’ Billie Do you walk and stroll with Susie Q And do that crazy hand jive too? Papa told Willie “you’ll ruin my home You and that hand jive has got to go” Willie said “papa, don’t put me down Been doin’ that hand jive all over town” Hand jive, hand jive Hand jive, doin’ that crazy hand jive Willie and the Hand Jive - Johnny Otis ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1191 "2021-05-19T20:33:21Z")
Hey down, stay down, stay down, down 'Cause little Willy, Willy won’t go home But you can’t push Willy ‘round Willy won’t go, try tellin’ everybody but, oh no Little Willy, Willy won’t go home Sweet _Little Willie_ ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1192 "2021-05-19T20:40:58Z")
Willy is my child, he is my father I would be his lady all my life He says he’d love to live with me But for an ancient injury that has not healed He said, “I feel once again like I gave my heart too soon” _Joni Mitchell_ ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1193 "2021-05-19T23:52:47Z")
Rooster hits the washboard and people just got to smile Blinky thumps the gut bass and solos for a while Poor Boy twangs the rhythm out on his Kalamazoo And Willy goes into a dance and doubles on kazoo _Down on the Corner_ – Creedence Clearwater Revival _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1194 "2021-05-20T00:07:45Z")
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H I got a gal in Kalamazoo Dont want to boast but I know she’s the toast of Kalamazoo (Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo) Glenn Miller ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1195 "2021-05-20T01:18:40Z")
Someone told me it’s all happening **at the zoo** I do believe it I do believe it’s true It’s a light and tumble journey From the East Side to the park Just a fine and fancy ramble To the zoo Simon and Garfunkel ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1196 "2021-05-20T02:20:48Z")
Oh no something went wrong Well you’re much too fat and a little too long Hey hey you got too much to lose Gotta get on back to the animal zoo Spirit ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1197 "2021-05-20T12:09:44Z")
Daddy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow, Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow Daddy’s takin’ us to the zoo tomorrow And we can stay all day We’re goin’ to the zoo, zoo, zoo How about you, you, you? You can come too, too, too We’re goin’ to the zoo, zoo, zoo See the elephant with the long trunk swingin’ Great big ears and a long trunk swingin’ Snuffin’ up peanuts with a long trunk swingin’ And we can stay all day Peter, Paul and Mary I absolutely _adored_ this song when I was a kid. We had it on 8-track in the car. We probably drove our parents crazy listening to it constantly. That song and “How Much is That Doggy in the Window” - arf arf! ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1198 "2021-05-20T12:12:09Z")
The animals, the animals, Let’s talk dirty to the animals Fuck you, Mister Bunny Eat Shit, Mister Bear. If they don’t love it, they can shove it Frankly, I don’t care Gilda Radner ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1199 "2021-05-20T15:28:44Z")
I went to the animal fair, The birds and the beasts were there; The big baboon by the light of the moon Was combing his auburn hair. The monkey he got drunk And sat on the elephant’s trunk, The elephant sneezed and went down on his knees And what become of the monk? – Traditional ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1200 "2021-05-20T16:27:14Z")
Monkey doodle-do, monkey doodle-do. If you try to make a monkey out of me, I’ll make a baboon out of you. Lonnie Johnson ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1201 "2021-05-20T17:48:33Z")
We’re off to see the Wild West Show, The elephant and the kangaroo-oo, So never mind the weather As long as we’re together, We’re off to see the Wild West Show. _Traditional_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=61)