Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire Lyrics






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, Chou En-Lai, 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
J.F.K. 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
Ayatollah's 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
And 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

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





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  1. o.... o....

    2020 the world is burning save Australia

  2. T.... F....

    RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!

  3. a.... m....

    Aguante Argentina en la copa del mundo 🎶🎶🎶

  4. D.... S....

    Me in australia: 'We didnt start the fire!'

  5. T.... M....

    cant listen to this song without thinking of pet names for genitalia XD

  6. C.... C....

    I can't stop singing the MCU version lyrics

  7. a.... w....

    Wow only one dick head has made a joke about Australia

  8. O.... ....

    one of the few music videos of a popular musician singing in front of a picture of a guy literally having a bullet going through his head

  9. O.... ....

    poor LHO

  10. D.... M....

    Ryan started the fire

  11. E.... ....

    We didn’t start the fire




    Ryan started the fire

  12. C.... R....

    Nobody:








    Australians:

  13. b.... ....

    2020 and we are still here!

  14. L.... ....

    Niemand





    Wirklich Niemand: 2020 memes zu WW3🤏🏿😂

  15. K.... T....

    "No, he's right." -me "Ryan started the fire!" -Dwight K. Schrute

  16. t.... i....

    Billy Joel : " And you all damn well know I didn't start WW3 "

  17. j.... k....

    Ryan started a fire!!!

  18. B.... w....

    Ryan started the fire
    It just started burning,
    Hey the temp’s still learning
    Ryan started the fire
    But he didn’t hide it
    Because Dwight did find it

  19. R.... M....

    This needs a 2020 update, Billy. C'mon!

  20. E.... K....

    When ur teacher asks u to do a final project on what u have learned that year

    Plays this song

  21. P.... W....

    This is fine

  22. K.... B....

    We didn't sign Denayer but it doesn't matter cuz we signed Denayer

  23. G.... B....

    When you and the boys are tryna get away with arson

  24. �.... R....

    jo kis mix

  25. m.... b....

    This is a bad song.

    m.... b....

    Mackenzie Nellett annoying melody and annoying lyrics. Just my opinion tho

  26. N.... S....

    Remember when nuggets tasted like oil that’s the difference it’s not healthy you can literally taste the difference

  27. N.... S....

    It’s the truth there is not good side guys it’s all sick

  28. N.... ....

    Nobody:
    Switzerland in both world wars:

  29. j.... l....

    This is 2020 in a nutshell

  30. l.... u....

    Everybody asks:"Who came here because of Avengers!?"
    But I pose the following question: "Who came here cause Homestuck?"

    l.... u....

    I didn't.

  31. A.... K....

    Please write another song Billy Joel..... The new version of we didn't start the fire..... Please we need it

  32. J.... H....

    Very relative to today. Trump didnt start it. It's always been this way.

  33. G.... o....

    I live about 30kms (18 miles) from the massive fire raging in Australia right now and the wind is taking it in my direction. I'm listening to this somewhat ironically.

    G.... o....

    What part of Australia you in ?

  34. P.... C....

    first ever english song that I heard on the radio ... didn't understand a single word back then but just fell in love with it

  35. V.... C....

    Chinazi censored that !

  36. M.... H....

    yeap...cause Ryan started the fire.

  37. M.... ....

    HERE WE GO BOYS! FIRE IS SPREADING!

  38. M.... g....

    Thumbs up if Shitvengers Endlame didn't bring you here.

  39. S.... ....

    I used to race my Kuwahara BMX to this song in 1989. With my brother's Walkman.

  40. A.... A....

    I guess they don’t teach how to use a microwave in business school, huh Ryan.

  41. g.... m....

    Germany during WW3 is like " We didn't start the fire it was always burning since the world been turning"... Australia hated this meme

  42. B.... l....

    And the germans stil singing:


    Wir haben Grund zum Feiern.
    Keiner kann mehr laufen,
    doch wir könn' noch saufen.

    B.... l....

    We have reason to celebrate,
    Nobody can walk anymore
    But we can still drink.

    That's pretty much the translation if anyone is interested.

  43. K.... P....

    I always thing the backing singing to the chorus sounds like Queen's Roger Taylor. I'm probly on my own thinking this

  44. L.... G....

    Germany' s theme whan ww3 starts

  45. A.... A....

    RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!!! -Dwight-

  46. S.... W....

    When you only know the avengers version......

  47. B.... ....

    I'm just here because of the we didn't start that fire from The avengers...
    Love them 3000

  48. M.... F....

    *America bombs a general*

    WW3 starts

    America: "wE dIDn'T sTArt ThE FirE!"

  49. 1.... ....

    RYAN STARTED THE FIRE 🔥

  50. L.... J....

    Endlich das Lied gefunden, dass den Beat von Moneyboy geklaut hat. Das jibt ne Anzeige

  51. U.... S....

    We need a 2020 version

    U.... S....

    I agree

  52. I.... L....

    Tought me more about the world than my SS teacher

  53. N.... O....

    A parody I made for 1989-2019
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5URXahLybo

  54. P.... 2....

    your typical Aussie summer

  55. R.... S....

    “Ryan started the fire!”

  56. V.... E....

    RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!

  57. S.... C....

    It's still on fire! It'll never burn out.😪

  58. S.... J....

    At my son’s high school graduation party, the DJ , not knowing played this as the first number, not knowing that their school had a serious fire 2 weeks prior...the guys and girls were in rapture....Wesley College Melbourne will always remember this.

  59. L.... s....

    I love this song ):

  60. S.... O....

    Ok sorry I was the 1 that started the fire

  61. s.... ....

    Scott Morrison:

  62. a.... ....

    Ok Boomer!

  63. L.... H....

    Good grief, I want my MTV

  64. A.... F....

    https://youtu.be/IxcwZIXDb2Y It was Bill Nye!

  65. C.... ....

    I didn’t start the fire...

  66. J.... T....

    Keep it simple, Its good 👌

  67. A.... C....

    This song reminds me of what is happening to Australia. The world is on fire, animals killed, families lost homes and our prime minister didn't even care. Thank you to the firefighters for stopping the bushfires and saving us Australians.

    A.... C....

    Same thing as California, left wing terrorists... They caught some of the perpetrators in Australia as well, no life sentences...
    We want life no parole, guys on 3 strikes get 25 years in California why not a Lefty arsonist? Let the guys in prison deal with them, most of them are from rural areas and torture them relentlessly like a pedo.


    The fuel builds up and no respect to natives, the Left claims to love natives but they crap all over them and don't listen to a word, burn the fuel and give the finger to ppl when they complain.

  68. C.... g....

    All those name were bad law badges or bad president s now you see

  69. C.... g....

    How ISRAEL makes a list when you take from Israeli s Not American But ISRAEL Iam Know As Israel Queen no one can copy

  70. C.... g....

    ISRAEL got the list thanks you and all President's bye bye

  71. r.... c....

    Maury Povich: "Billy Joel......You DID start the fire!"

  72. N.... D....

    Still relevant today ❤️🇺🇸❤️

  73. T.... H....

    prayer to all the australians displaced this summer. the people are here for you.

    T.... H....

    Thanks Tom, It's always nice when the elite pretend to care about the little people

  74. C.... M....

    Is that the mom from Home Alone that's taking the pills?

  75. C.... W....

    “... Freddie Kruger bought some pants, Oprah has a turtle farm, Peter Piper pee-pee poopy, daddy ate a squirrel”
    -Leslie Knope 2017/2015

    Who’s here from the song Jerry chose in their 2007 summer mixtape in Parks and Recreation?

  76. A.... L....

    Australians liberal party theme song at next election

  77. P.... S....

    RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!!!




    From the office

  78. A.... M....

    I think Ryan started the fire.

  79. P.... ....

    This is so appropriate RN in Aussie land

  80. P.... ....

    Not sure but, is that Arnold I see?

  81. J.... R....

    I thought we can all jam here before WW3 haha! Half joke though... I am also worried about the things that will eventually take place... Stay safe guys

  82. C.... ....

    Anyone else here after the whole Iraq thing

    C.... ....

    Both Iran and Iraq are pretty involved in the situation right now

  83. F.... ....

    Well Here We Go Again

  84. C.... B....

    When I was in 7th grade there was a substitute teacher who got fired for watching porn in class.

    When that happened in class we sang
    🎶Mr. S got fired🎶

    He was always nutting since he was subbing🎵

    C.... B....

    Did this really happen..

    C.... B....

    But he had a yearning so he isn't earning,
    Porn didn't get him fired

  85. g.... ....

    i had one of those lunch kits....

  86. R.... M....

    This Sing Went To Number 1 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart In 1989.

  87. S.... S....

    The fire

  88. T.... ....

    Going to post this on TikTok





    Wish me luck....




    Hope I get 10k followers by the end of the day....

    T.... ....

    Did you?

  89. T.... A....

    me and the boys when we deploy to Iran

  90. M.... F....

    Which kids are taking notes for their future history classes more than 30 years since this Billy Joel classic hit came out??

  91. A.... U....

    WHO'S WATCHING IN 2020

  92. C.... M....

    Germany when they see WW3 memes:


    "We didn't start the World War!"

    C.... M....

    An erster Mehmet freu ich mich für stelle Kappa 🤣👌 Grüße gehen raus an Trump😂🤷‍♂️

    C.... M....

    @Kritischer Kritiker Ehre das Du VaRiOn ABonIeRT HaSt

    C.... M....

    Merkin is proud of u, fight on scum, fight on. What is fungi to do?

    C.... M....

    I did NAZI that coming

    C.... M....

    Kritischer Kritiker Ich glaub ich muss Shiften

  93. M.... A....

    Excellent song

  94. G.... ....

    Imagine buying a house and for the next forty years you come downstairs to Billy Joel drumming on something in your kitchen

    G.... ....

    and he started a fire... and he claims he didn't do it, said it was always burning since the world's been turning.

  95. i.... ....

    I'm here becuz of Jimmy Fallon and the avengers cast

  96. D.... d....

    Terrible lyrics for such a catchy song

  97. B.... S....

    For all them 40 years he spent in the kitchen, Billy Joel still had the hair!

  98. j.... ....

    new verses please!!!

  99. j.... ....

    #greyforever
    #billyjoelROCKS
    #YAY
    #THANKYOU