# 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:** 80
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1582 "2021-09-03T14:51:41Z")
Mwahahahaaaa! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1583 "2021-09-03T18:49:25Z")
Robin Williams singing Springsteen like Elmer Fudd? Yeah, I had to Google it … and it’s a thing. Who’dathunkit?? Back to our game… Yeah, darlin’, gonna make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space _Born to be Wild_ – Steppenwolf _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 6, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1584 "2021-09-06T16:53:30Z")
Don’t know if words can say But darlin’ I’ll find a way To let you know what you meant to me Guess it was meant to be I hold you in my heart As life’s most precious part ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1585 "2021-09-07T20:53:55Z")
Three little words Oh what I’d give for that wonderful phrase To hear those three little words That’s all I’d live for the rest of my days ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1586 "2021-09-07T21:40:15Z")
I love little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks Slow movin’ trains and rain I love little country streams, sleep without dreams Sunday school in May and hay And I love you too ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1587 "2021-09-07T21:42:53Z")
I love a rainy night. I love a rainy night. I love to hear the thunder, Watch the lightnin’ when it lights up the skies. You know it makes me feel good. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1588 "2021-09-08T00:52:56Z")
A rainy night in Georgia A rainy night in Georgia Lord, I believe it’s rainin’ all over the world I feel like it’s rainin’ all over the world ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1589 "2021-09-08T01:28:54Z")
Kentucky rain keeps pouring down And up ahead’s another town that I’ll go walking through With the rain in my shoes (Rain in my shoes) Searching for you In the cold Kentucky rain In the cold Kentucky rain ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1590 "2021-09-08T19:03:55Z")
Seems it never rains in southern California Seems I’ve often heard that kind of talk before It never rains in California, but girl don’t they warn ya It pours, man it pours ---
**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:** [September 8, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1591 "2021-09-08T19:19:12Z")
All the gold in California Is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills In somebody else’s name _All The Gold in California_ – Larry Gatlin / Gatlin Brothers Band _ **-“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:** [September 8, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1592 "2021-09-08T23:06:43Z")
If you ain’t got that do re mi, boys But, if you ain’t got that do re mi Oh, you better go back to beautiful Texas Oklahoma, Georgia, Kansas, Tennessee California is a garden of Eden It’s a paradise to live in or see But, believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot If you ain’t got that do re mi ---
**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:** [September 9, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1593 "2021-09-09T13:40:20Z")
All my exes live in Texas And Texas is a place I’d dearly love to be But all my exes live in Texas And that’s why I hang my hat in Tennessee ---
**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:** [September 9, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1594 "2021-09-09T13:50:29Z")
Long distance information, give me Memphis, Tennessee Help me find a party that tried to get in touch with me She could not leave a number, but I know who placed the call 'Cause my uncle took a message, and he wrote it on the wall ---
**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:** [September 9, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1595 "2021-09-09T16:07:51Z")
Operator, well could you help me place this call? Well, I can’t read the number that you just gave me. There’s something in my eyes – you know, it happens every time I think about a love that I thought would save me. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [September 9, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1596 "2021-09-09T16:45:38Z")
You know my name, Better look up my number You know my name That’s right, look up my number You, you know, you know my name You, you know, you know 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:** [September 10, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1597 "2021-09-10T12:05:37Z")
Rikki, don’t lose that number You don’t wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki, don’t lose that number It’s the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home ---
**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:** [September 10, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1598 "2021-09-10T15:31:34Z")
Jenny I’ve got your number I need to make you mine Jenny don’t change your number Eight six seven five three oh nine ---
**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:** [September 10, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1599 "2021-09-10T17:31:57Z")
you need a little lovin’ Call on me…(alright) If you want a little huggin’ Call on me baby…(mmhmm) Oh I’ll be right here at home. All you gotta do is pick up the telephone and dial now 6-3-4-5-7-8-9 (that’s my number!) 6-3-4-5-7-8-9 ---
**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:** [September 10, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1600 "2021-09-10T17:51:23Z")
Numbers I’ve got by the dozen Everyone’s uncle and cousin But I can’t live without buzzin’ **Pennsylvania Six, Five Thousand** ---
**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:** [September 10, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1601 "2021-09-10T18:38:57Z")
Just too coincidental to pass up, so I’m going back a step to play off Dr. O’Boogie’s contribution: I’ve been waiting, standing here so patiently For you to come over and have this dance with me And my number is BEechwood 4-5789 You can call me up and have a date any old time. _(which, based on the two-letter prefix of ‘BE’, would make HER number 234-5789)_ _BEechwood 45789_ – The Marvellettes Now continue with the Professor’s submission to this thread… _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=81)