# I've seen fire and I've seen rain. **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 13, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564 "2017-08-13T18:06:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/241 "2017-08-23T23:13:32Z")
Hello, lamppost, what’cha knowin’? I’ve come to watch your flowers growin’ Ain’t’cha got no rhymes for me? Doot-in doo-doo, feelin’ groovy. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/242 "2017-08-23T23:29:11Z")
Hello lamppost, whatcha knowin’? I’ve come to watch your power flowin’. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/243 "2017-08-24T01:35:29Z")
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we’ll take it higher Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we’ll take it higher ---
**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:** [August 24, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/244 "2017-08-24T01:48:25Z")
I’ve got to move Come let me take you on a party ride And I’ll teach you, teach you, teach you I’ll teach you the electric slide ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/245 "2017-08-24T01:54:05Z")
Slide to the left. Slide to the right. Criss cross, criss cross. Cha Cha real smooth. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/246 "2017-08-24T02:07:42Z")
Clowns to the left of me Jokers to the right Here I am Stuck in the middle with you ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/247 "2017-08-24T03:12:45Z")
Isn’t it bliss? Don’t you approve? One who keeps tearing around, and one who can’t move. But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/248 "2017-08-24T04:56:37Z")
Now they’re some sad things known to man But ain’t too much sadder than The tears of a clown When there’s no one around ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/249 "2017-08-24T06:16:48Z")
So let’s all drink to the death of a clown Won’t someone help me to break up this crown? Let’s all drink to the death of a clown ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/250 "2017-08-24T07:55:09Z")
I’ve been a wild rover for many’s the year, and I’ve spent all my money on whiskey and beer. But now I’m returning with gold in great store, and I never will play the wild rover no more. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/251 "2017-08-24T08:08:58Z")
Now a sailor’s life is a life for him, But it never was for me, And I never soared where the hawk may soar, Or see what the hawk might see, Never hiked to heaven on a mountain trail, Never rode on a river’s rage… No I, never did no wanderin’ Never did no wanderin’ Never did no wanderin’ after all. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/252 "2017-08-24T08:25:07Z")
They call me the wanderer Yeah, the wanderer I roam around, around, around ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/253 "2017-08-24T13:05:24Z")
I’ve got a song that ain’t got no melody I’m gonna sing it to my friends Will it go round in circles Will it fly high like a bird up in the sky ---
**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:** [August 24, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/254 "2017-08-24T13:49:12Z")
n the circle of life It’s the wheel of fortune It’s the leap of faith It’s the band of hope Till we find our place On the path unwinding In the circle, the circle of life ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/255 "2017-08-24T15:09:09Z")
Dream, love is only in a dream Remember Remember, life is never as it seems Dream Long ago Far away Life was clear Close your eyes ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/256 "2017-08-24T18:17:10Z")
Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you Tomorrow I’ll miss you Remember I’ll always be true… ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/257 "2017-08-24T21:22:35Z")
I gave you the warning, But you never heeded it. How can you say you miss my lovin, When you never needed it? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/258 "2017-08-24T22:04:50Z")
And when I write the book about my love It will be about a man who’s torn in half About his hopes and ambitions wasted through the years The pain will be written on every page in tears ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/259 "2017-08-24T22:14:36Z")
Chapter one says to love her You love her with all your heart Chapter two you tell her you’re Never, never, never, never, never gonna part In chapter three remember the meaning of romance In chapter four you break up But you give her just one more chance ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564/260 "2017-08-24T23:21:05Z")
If you change your mind I’m the first in line Honey I’m still free Take a chance on me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain/793564.md?page=14)