Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire Lyrics
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny RaySouth Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggioJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, TelevisionNorth Korea, South Korea, Marilyn MonroeRosenbergs, H Bomb, Sugar Ray, PanmunjomBrando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The RyeEisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queenMaciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbyeWe didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight itJoseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and ProkofievRockefeller, Campanella, Communist BlocRoy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, DancronDien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the ClockEinstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning teamDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, DisneylandBardot, Budapest, Alabama, KhrushchevPrincess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the SuezWe didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight itLittle Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, KerouacSputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River KwaiLebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseballStarkwether, Homicide, Children of ThalidomideBuddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, MafiaHula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-goU2, Syngman Rhee, payola and KennedyChubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the CongoWe didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight itHemingway, Eichman, Stranger in a Strange LandDylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasionLawrence of Arabia, British BeatlemaniaOle Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats PattersonPope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sexJ.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to sayWe didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight itBirth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back againMoonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rockBegin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airlineAyatollah's in Iran, Russians in AfghanistanWheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicideForeign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie GoetzHypodermics on the shores, China's under martial lawRock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymoreWe didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turning on usWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight it
