We Didn T Start The Fire

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny 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
Maciano, 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, Dancron
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
Starkwether, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

U2, 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, Eichman, 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
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Nosotros No Empezamos El Fuego

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

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

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

Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Maciano, Liberace, Santayana adios

Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
Siempre ardió
Desde que el mundo gira
Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
No lo encendimos
Pero intentamos apagarlo

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

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dancron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock

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

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

Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
Siempre ardió
Desde que el mundo gira
Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
No lo encendimos
Pero intentamos apagarlo

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, baseball de California
Starkwether, Homicidio, niños de las drogas
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgas en el Congo

Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
Siempre ardió
Desde que el mundo gira
Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
No lo encendimos
Pero intentamos apagarlo

Hemingway, Eichman, extraños en una tierra extraña
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

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

Papa Paul, Malcolm X, el sexo de los politicos británicos
El disparo a J.F.K., que más tenemos que decir

Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
Siempre ardió
Desde que el mundo gira
Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
No lo encendimos
Pero intentamos apagarlo

Control natal, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon de regreso
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror en la aerolinea
Ayatollah's en Iran, Russians en Afghanistan

Rueda de la fortuna, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicidio
Deudas externas, veteranos sin hogar, SIDA, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, ley marcial de China
Rock and Roller cola wars, ya no puedo soportarlo

Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
Siempre ardió
Desde que el mundo gira
Nosotros no empezamos el fuego
No lo encendimos
Pero intentamos apagarlo