# 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:** 72
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1422 "2021-07-25T17:44:28Z")
Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1423 "2021-07-26T02:28:49Z")
When all I have is dreams of you that won’t come true, What’ll I do? _What’ll I Do_ – Irving Berlin ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1424 "2021-07-26T13:36:28Z")
Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions I keep my visions to myself It’s only me who wants to wrap around your dreams And have you any dreams you’d like to sell? **Dreams** of loneliness Like a heartbeat drives you mad In the stillness of remembering what you had And what you lost And what you had Oh, what you lost _Fleetwood Mac - Dreams_ ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1425 "2021-07-26T16:30:35Z")
I can remember planning Building my whole world around you I can remember hoping That you and I could make it on through But something went wrong We loved each other We just couldn’t get along Take a good look at me I’m in misery, can’t you see? The love I lost Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1426 "2021-07-27T15:35:08Z")
And her love seemed to offer a solution For endless beginnings and so I went spinning Into her to love her, But found her one answer For loving and losing the same. Mason Williams - _A Saturday Night at the World_ ---
**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:** [July 27, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1427 "2021-07-27T19:32:28Z")
So if you wake and find me gone Oh baby carry on you see I need my Fantasy I still believe it’s best to Leave while I’m in love I still believe It’s best to leave while I’m in love Rita Coolidge ---
**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:** [July 28, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1428 "2021-07-28T12:29:57Z")
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I’ll be gone You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on Don’t think twice, it’s all right Bob Dylan ---
**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:** [July 28, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1429 "2021-07-28T17:50:19Z")
Now, I love you more than I Loved you before and now Where I’ll find comfort, God knows 'Cause you left me just when I needed you most Oh yeah, you left me just when I needed you most You left me just when I needed you most Randy Van Warmer ---
**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:** [July 28, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1430 "2021-07-28T18:06:27Z")
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. _Lucille_ – Kenny Rogers ---
**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:** [July 29, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1431 "2021-07-29T13:50:34Z")
If ever I would leave you it wouldn’t be in Summer Seeing you in Summer I never could go. _Camelot_ ---
**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:** [July 29, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1432 "2021-07-29T16:03:06Z")
I done ran into my baby And finally found my old blue jean I done ran into my baby And finally found my old blue jean Well, I could tell that they was mine From the oil and the gasoline ZZ Top - Blue Jean Blues RIP, Dusty. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1433 "2021-07-29T18:00:47Z")
You know what she’s thinking about And it turns you inside out She don’t say nothing but, baby makes her blue jeans talk Dr. Hook, “Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk” ---
**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:** [July 29, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1434 "2021-07-29T22:00:48Z")
Blue jean baby queen, prettiest girl I’ve ever seen See her shake on the movie screen Jimmy Dean [James Dean] David Essex - _Rock On_ ---
**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:** [July 30, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1435 "2021-07-30T00:20:54Z")
It’s a world of kings and queens Up there on that movie screen It’s a picnic crossin’ River Kwai The movies are great medicine – Thank you, Thomas Edison, For givin’ us the best years of our lives The Statler Brothers – _The Movies_ _ **-“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:** [July 30, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1436 "2021-07-30T11:46:23Z")
Sometimes I get to thinking that I’ve passed this point in life one time before. Like the re-run of some movie that I saw a thousand Saturdays ago. And I get the feeling that I know exactly what your gonna do and say before it happens in each scene. I find myself rehearsing for that blackout situation, when the punchline reaches out and punches me. Mason Williams - _I’ve Heard That Tear-stained Monologue You Do There By The Door Before You Go_ ---
**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:** [July 30, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1437 "2021-07-30T11:54:17Z")
I was sleepin’ like a rat When I heard something jerkin’ There stood Rita Lookin’ just like Tony Perkins She said, “Would you like to take a shower? I’ll show you up to the door” I said, “Oh, no! no! I’ve been through this movie before” _Zimmie: Motorpsycho Nitemare_ ---
**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:** [July 30, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1438 "2021-07-30T16:59:17Z")
If his eyes get dull and fishy When you look for glints and gleams Waste no time Make a switch Drop him in the nearest ditch Rub him out of the roll call And drum humdrumbum right out of your dreams South Pacific - I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair ---
**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:** [July 30, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1439 "2021-07-30T23:10:42Z")
I’ve loved and I’ve lost (yeah, yeah) But that’s not what I see (yeah, yeah) 'Cause look what I’ve found (yeah, yeah) Ain’t no need for searching And for that, I say Thank you, next (thank you, next) Thank you, next (thank you, next) Thank you, next (thank you) Ariana Grande ---
**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:** [July 31, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1440 "2021-07-31T02:47:42Z")
When I’m not near the girl I love, I love the girl I’m near. Finian’s Rainbow, _When I’m Not Near the Girl I Love_ E.Y. “Yip” Harburg / Burton Lane ---
**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:** [July 31, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1441 "2021-07-31T13:38:00Z")
When she is lonely and the longing gets too much She sends a cable coming in from above Don’t need no phone at all We’ve got a thing that’s called radar love We’ve got a wave in the air Radar love Golden Earring [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=73)