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'''We Didn't Start the Fire''' is a [[song]] by [[Billy Joel]] that lists major events in his lifetime, from 1949 to 1989.

==Lyrics==


''([[1949]])''<br>
[[Harry Truman]], [[Doris Day]], [[People's Republic of China|Red China]], [[Johnnie Ray]]<br/>
''[[South Pacific]]'', [[Walter Winchell]], [[Joe DiMaggio]]
(contracted; show full)[[Charles Starkweather|Starkweather homicide]], [[thalidomide|children of thalidomide]]

''([[1959]])''<br>
[[Buddy Holly]], ''[[Ben-Hur]]'', [[Ham the Chimp|space monkey]], [[Mafia]]<br/>
[[hula hoop]], [[Fidel Castro|Castro]], [[Edsel|Edsel is a no go]]

''([[1960]])''<br>
[[
Lockheed U-2Gary Powers|U-2]], [[Syngman Rhee]], [[payola]] and [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]<br/>
[[Chubby Checker]], ''[[Psycho]]'', [[Belgian Congo|Belgians in the Congo]]

We didn't start the fire<br/>
It was always burning<br/>
Since the world's been turning<br/>
We didn't start the fire<br/>
No we didn't light it<br/>
(contracted; show full)Since the world's been turning<br/>
We didn't start the fire<br/>
No we didn't light it<br/>
But we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire<br/>
But when we are gone<br/>
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...