Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, woodstock, watergate, punk rock Reagan, palestine, terror on the airline Ayatolloahs in Iran, we are in afghanistan Lawrence of arabia, british beatlemania Ole miss john glenn, liston beats patterson Pope Paul, malcolm X, british politician s** Jfk blown away, what else do I have to say? We didn't start the fire It was always burning since the worlds been turning We didn't start the fire But when we are gone will it still burn on And on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on And on, and on, and on, and on, and oooooooh
Bullseye, sally ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless pets, aids, crack, bernie goetz Hypodermics on the shores, chinas inder 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 worlds 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 worlds been turning We didn't start the fire But when we are gone will it still burn on And on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on And on, and on, and on, and on, and oooooooh