We Didn’t Start the Fire Lyrics

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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, Krushchev
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, Charlse 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
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
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...

We Didn’t Start the Fire: Meaning
May fans with Billy Joel tickets were surprised to hear that their favorite musician was not only a history buff but at one time wanted to be a history teacher. “We Didn’t Start the Fire” was written as kind of a lyrical history lesson that stretches from the years 1949-89. The lyrics of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” mention many people and events with great historical significance, be it cultural like Woodstock or political like the Vietnam War. The chorus “We Didn’t Start the Fire” was also an answer to the older generation that blamed the “Baby Boomers” for all the world’s problems.

We Didn’t Start the Fire: Single
Despite a strange composition and instrumentals, “We Didn’t Start the Fire” has become an all-time favorite of fans with Billy Joel tickets. While nothing in his discography could have prepared audiences for “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, the single became a No. 1 hit for The Piano Man. “We Didn’t Start the Fire” sold Billy Joel tickets to an entirely new group of fans as well as the millions of diehards. The musical exploration and fresh fan base helped propel 1989 Billy Joel album Storm Front to multi-platinum status.

We Didn’t Start the Fire: On Tour
Fans with Elton John and Billy Joel tickets to the 2009 Face 2 Face Tour will catch “We Didn’t Start the Fire” as part of one of the biggest concert tours of the year. A co-headlining tour that has always drawn millions of fans from every country in the world, the 2009 Face 2 Face Tour is a continuation of a tour started in 1994. With duets, covers of each others songs, and set lists packed with a ton of influential hits, Elton John and Billy Joel tickets to the Face 2 Face Tour will be the can’t-miss tickets of 2009. Order your premium Elton John & Billy Joel tickets from OnlineTickets.com today!