# 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:** 62
**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 24, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1222 "2021-05-24T15:42:58Z")
Got a black magic woman Got a black magic woman I’ve got a black magic woman Got me so blind I can’t see That she’s a black magic woman She’s tryin’ to make a devil out of me ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1223 "2021-05-24T16:07:30Z")
Evil woman how you done me wrong But now you’re tryin’ to wail a different song Ha Ha funny how you broke me up You made the wine now you drink the cup I came runnin’ every time you cried Thought I saw love smilin’ in your eyes Ha Ha very nice to know, that you ain’t got no place left to go ELO ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1224 "2021-05-24T16:34:22Z")
That is still a major [mondegreen](http://www.amiright.com/misheard/stories/electriclightorchestra.shtml) for me. Even though I know better, I still hear “medieval” woman instead of “e-evil” woman. 😃 There was long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown ones Black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones Out of the middle, came a lady She whispered in my ear Something crazy She said… Spill the wine, take that pearl Spill the wine, take that pearl Spill the wine, take that pearl Spill the wine, take that pearl ---
**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 24, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1225 "2021-05-24T18:17:50Z")
While strugglin’ through to meet the latest guru I was the two-hundredth person in line I turned to a friend and saw the same in the end Why don’t we get a little bottle of wine The Fireballs ---
**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 24, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1226 "2021-05-24T18:21:10Z")
Yeah there was ham and there was turkey There was caviar And long tall glasses With wine up to y’are And somebody grabbed me Threw me out on my chair Said before you can eat You gotta dance like Fred Astaire ---
**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 24, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1227 "2021-05-24T18:35:15Z")
Whoo-ee ride me high Tomorrow’s the day my bride’s gonna come Oh, oh, are we gonna fly Down in the easy chair? _(Happy birthday, Bobby)_ ---
**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 25, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1228 "2021-05-25T15:52:51Z")
A chair is still a chair Even when there’s no one sitting there But a chair is not a house and a house is not a home When there’s no one there to hold you tight And no one there you can kiss goodnight ---
**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 25, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1229 "2021-05-25T16:25:05Z")
**"I am"… I said** To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the chair Neil Diamond ---
**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 25, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1230 "2021-05-25T16:28:20Z")
I have never brought anybody there Bring your own chair to sleep in When we arrive, after the drive Then you can shower, and talk for an hour Then sleep in your chair ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1231 "2021-05-25T20:29:00Z")
She told me she worked In the morning and started to laugh I told her I didn’t And crawled off to sleep in the bath And when I awoke I was alone This bird had flown So I lit a fire Isn’t it good Norwegian wood? ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1232 "2021-05-25T20:46:57Z")
I’ll regret it all in the morning When I see your smiling face I’d rather be in any place but here _Richard Thompson_ ---
**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 25, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1233 "2021-05-25T22:49:17Z")
And here I go again on my own Goin’ down the only road I’ve ever known Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone And I’ve made up my mind I ain’t wasting no more time _Whitesnake_ ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1234 "2021-05-26T12:32:58Z")
Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain The week before, they all seemed the same With the help of God and true friends, I’ve come to realize I still have two strong legs, and even wings to fly So I, ain’t a-wastin time no more 'Cause time goes by like hurricanes, and faster things Allman Brothers ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1235 "2021-05-26T12:42:26Z")
Same old song Just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see Kansas ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1236 "2021-05-27T18:58:43Z")
Now it’s the same old song But with a different meaning since you been gone It’s the same, same old song But with a different meaning (Since you been gone) And it breaks me up to hear it Four Tops ---
**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 27, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1237 "2021-05-27T19:10:56Z")
It’s the same old story, Everywhere I go, I get slandered, libeled, I hear words I never heard in the Bible And I’m one step ahead of the shoe shine Two steps away from the county line Just trying to keep my customers satisfied, Satisfied Paul Simon ---
**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 28, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1238 "2021-05-28T13:03:26Z")
Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ ‘long the street They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to keep your seat They’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ on the floor They’ll stone ya when you’re walkin’ to the door Bob Dylan ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1239 "2021-05-28T14:40:44Z")
There she was just a-walkin’ down the street, singin’ ‘Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do’ Snappin’ her fingers and shufflin’ her feet, singin’ ‘Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do’ ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1240 "2021-05-28T14:51:10Z")
Well, I remember seein’ some ad So I turned on my Conelrad But I didn’t pay my Con Ed bill So the radio didn’t work so well Turned on my record player— It was Rock-a-day Johnny singin’, “Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa Our Love’s A-gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah” _Zimmie_ ---
**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 28, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1241 "2021-05-28T18:53:14Z")
What’s your name? (What’s your name?) Who’s your daddy? (Who’s your daddy?) (He rich) Is he rich like me? Has he taken (Has he taken) Any time (Any time) (To show) To show you what you need to live? The Zombies [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=63)