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