We Didn't Start The Fire

Harry Truman, Doris Day
Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific
Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon
Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea
Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-Bomb
Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I
And The Catcher In The Rye

Eisenhower, vaccine
England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace
Santayana, goodbye

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov
Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella
Communist Bloc

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron
Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls
Rock Around The Clock

Einstein, James Dean
Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan
Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest
Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place
Trouble in the Suez

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Little Rock, Pasternak
Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Zhou Enlai
Bridge On The River Kwai

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle
California baseball
Starkweather Homicide
Children of Thalidomide

Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur
Space monkey, mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro
Edsel is a no-go

U-2, Syngman Rhee
Payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho
Belgians in the Congo

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Hemingway, Eichmann
Stranger in a Strange Land
Dylan, Berlin
Bay of Pigs invasion

Lawrence of Arabia
British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn
Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X
British Politician sex
JFK blown away
What else do I have to say?

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh
Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock
Watergate, punk rock

Begin, Reagan, Palestine
Terror on the airline
Ayatollahs in Iran
Russians in Afghanistan

Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride
Heavy metal suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets
AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz

Hypodermics on the shores
China's under Martial Law
Rock And Roller, Cola Wars
I can't take it anymore

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone, it will still burn on
And on, and on, and on

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

No Comenzamos El Fuego

Harry Truman, Doris Day
La China Roja, Johnnie Ray
Pacífico Sur
Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon
Studebaker, televisión
Corea del Norte, Corea del Sur
Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-Bomb
Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, el Rey y Yo
Y el guardián entre el centeno

Eisenhower, vacuna
Inglaterra tiene una nueva reina
Marciano, Liberace
Santayana, goodbye

No iniciamos el fuego
Siempre estuvo ardiendo desde que el mundo ha estado girando
No iniciamos el fuego
No, no lo encendimos, pero intentamos combatirlo

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov
Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella
Bloque comunista

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron
Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls
Rock todo el día

Einstein, James Dean
Brooklyn tiene un equipo ganador
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan
Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest
Alabama, Khrushchev
Princesa Grace, Peyton Place
Problemas en Suez

No iniciamos el fuego
Siempre estuvo ardiendo desde que el mundo ha estado girando
No iniciamos el fuego
No, no lo encendimos, pero intentamos combatirlo

Little Rock, Pasternák
Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Zhou Enlai
Puente sobre el río Kwai

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle
Véisbol de California
Homicidio de Starkweather
Hijos de la talidomida

Buddy Holly, Ben Hur
Mono espacial, mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro
Edsel es prohibido

U-2, Syngman Rhee
Payola y Kennedy
Inspector gordito, psicópata
Belgas en el Congo

No iniciamos el fuego
Siempre estuvo ardiendo desde que el mundo ha estado girando
No iniciamos el fuego
No, no lo encendimos, pero intentamos combatirlo

Hemingway, Eichmann
Extraño en tierra desconocida
Dylan, Berlin
Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos

Lawrence of Arabia
Beatlemanía británica
Ole Miss, John Glenn
Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X
Sexo con políticos británicos
JFK impresionado
¿Qué más tengo que decir?

No iniciamos el fuego
Siempre estuvo ardiendo desde que el mundo ha estado girando
No iniciamos el fuego
No, no lo encendimos, pero intentamos combatirlo

Control de la natalidad, Ho Chi Minh
Richard Nixon de nuevo
Disparo a la Luna, Woodstock
Watergate, punk rock

Begin, Reagan, Palestina
Terror en la aerolínea
Ayatolás en Irán
Rusos en Afganistán

Rueda de la fortuna, Sally Ride
Suicidio de metales pesados
Deudas externas, veteranos sin hogar
SIDA, crack, Bernie Goetz

Hipodérmicas en las costas
China bajo la ley marcial
Rock y rodillo, guerras de cola
No lo soporto más

No iniciamos el fuego
Siempre estuvo ardiendo desde que el mundo ha estado girando
No iniciamos el fuego
Pero cuando nos hayamos ido, seguirá ardiendo
Y sigue y sigue y sigue

No iniciamos el fuego
Siempre estuvo ardiendo desde que el mundo ha estado girando
No iniciamos el fuego
No, no lo encendimos, pero intentamos combatirlo

No iniciamos el fuego
Siempre estuvo ardiendo desde que el mundo ha estado girando
No iniciamos el fuego
No, no lo encendimos, pero intentamos combatirlo

Composição: Billy Joel