# 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:** 91
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1802 "2021-10-28T20:52:22Z")
Oh, Johnny get angry,Johnny get mad Give me the biggest lecture I’ve ever had I want a brave man, I want a cave man Johnny show me that you care, really care for me ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1803 "2021-10-28T21:32:59Z")
Somebody said he came from New Orleans [Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen And a crashin’ blow from a huge right hand Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land, Big John Big John. Big Bad John ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1804 "2021-10-28T21:46:21Z")
She [kinda](https://www.definitions.net/definition/kinda) breezed into town from New Orleans And said, "Boys, I’m Big John’s [Cajun](https://www.definitions.net/definition/Cajun) Queen Now, I didn’t come here to [argue](https://www.definitions.net/definition/argue) or [waste](https://www.definitions.net/definition/waste) anybody’s time I just come to get my man from your [dirty](https://www.definitions.net/definition/dirty) old mine 'Cause he [moves](https://www.definitions.net/definition/moves) me ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1805 "2021-10-28T23:07:13Z")
I’m damned near 67 years old and I was around for the original “Big Bad John”, but I never knew there was a sequel to it – and then I find out there were a total of THREE OF THEM!! Much appreciate your pulling it out from the cobwebs. _(the other two were a Dottie West ‘answer’ song, “My Big John”, told from the viewpoint of John’s Cajun queen as she searched for and found him, and “Little Bitty Big John”, which told the story of John’s son learning about his father’s act of heroism.)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1806 "2021-10-28T23:10:49Z")
Mississippi queen If you know what I mean Mississippi queen She taught me everything Way down around Vicksburg, around Louisiana way There lived the Cajun lady aboard the Mississippi Queen You know she was a dancer, she moved better on wine ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1807 "2021-10-28T23:43:46Z")
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis; She tried to take me upstairs for a ride. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1808 "2021-10-28T23:58:36Z")
She’s the Queen of the Silver Dollar And she rules this smokey kingdom And her scepter is a wine glass And a bar stool is her throne. _Queen of the Silver Dollar_ – Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (lyrics by Shel Silverstein – yeah, _ **THAT** _ Shel Silverstein…) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 29, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1809 "2021-10-29T00:04:43Z")
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans But I never saw the good side of the city Until I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen ---
**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:** [October 29, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1810 "2021-10-29T11:59:44Z")
In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip’ We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans ---
**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:** [October 29, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1811 "2021-10-29T14:25:22Z")
We’re the boys from Camp Kookamonga Our mothers sent us here for to study nature’s ways We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together But if we catch the girls then we’ll set the woods ablaze Homer and Jethro, [The Battle of Kookamonga](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0mGFjAySTw) ---
**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:** [October 30, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1812 "2021-10-30T16:37:42Z")
We always take my car because it’s never been beat And we’ve never missed yet with the girls we meet ---
**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:** [October 30, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1813 "2021-10-30T16:38:52Z")
I’m in love with my car Got to feel for my automobile Get a grip on my boy racer roll bar Such a thrill when your radials squeal ---
**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:** [October 30, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1814 "2021-10-30T18:17:45Z")
Thrill me (thrill me), thrill me (thrill me) Walk me down the lane where shadows Will be (will be) will be (will be) Hiding lovers just the same as we’ll be, we’ll be When you make me tell you I love you. _Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me_ – Mel Carter _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 31, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1815 "2021-10-31T00:40:20Z")
The thrill is gone The thrill is gone away The thrill is gone, baby The thrill is gone away You know you done me wrong, baby And you’ll be sorry someday ---
**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:** [October 31, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1816 "2021-10-31T18:51:24Z")
You start to freeze As horror looks you right between the eyes You’re paralyzed 'Cause this is thriller Thriller night And no-one’s gonna save you From the beast about to strike ---
**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:** [November 1, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1817 "2021-11-01T16:24:06Z")
You, you shattered my resistance, yes it’s true (It’s true) You battered my defenses what could I do? (Do) I’m running from the heat between me and you You hit me with a million volts You nail me with a lightning bolt Oh, baby, you knocked me cold (You knocked me cold) Your love zapped me, right between the eyes (Want some more?) ---
**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:** [November 1, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1818 "2021-11-01T19:17:16Z")
I got chills, they’re multiplying And I’m losing control 'Cause the power, you’re supplying It’s electrifying! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1819 "2021-11-02T13:06:17Z")
Good God. we’ gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we’ll take it higher ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1820 "2021-11-02T13:10:59Z")
Down on the boulevard they take it hard They look at life with such disregard They say it can’t be won The way the game is run But if you choose to stay You wind up playing anyway It’s okay ---
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254/1821 "2021-11-02T13:24:59Z")
Oh, Mary Hill sure was fun down at Cherry Hill Park Playin’ games with everyone til way after dark [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254.md?page=92)