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1	Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray						(1949) Harry Truman,	1
2	South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio						Doris Day,	2
3							Red China,	3
4	Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television						Johnnie Ray.	4
5	North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe						South Pacific,	5
6							Walter Winchell,	6
7	Rosenbergs, H Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom						Joe DiMaggio.	7
1	Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye							1
8							(1950) Joe McCarthy,	8
9	Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen						Richard Nixon,	9
10	Maciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye						Studebaker,	10
11							Television.	11
12	We didn't start the fire						North Korea,	12
13	It was always burning						South Korea,	13
14	Since the world's been turning						Marilyn Monroe.	14
2	We didn't start the fire							2
15	No we didn't light it						(1951) Rosenbergs,	15
16	But we tried to fight it						H-Bomb,	16
17							Sugar Ray,	17
18	Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev						Panmunjom.	18
19	Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc						Brando,	19
20							"The King And I" and "The	20
21	Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dancron						Catcher In The Rye".	21
3	Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock							3
22							(1952) Eisenhower,	22
23	Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team						Vaccine,	23
24	Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland						England's got a new queen.	24
25							Marciano,	25
26	Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev						Liberace,	26
27	Princess Grace, taking place , trouble in the Suez						Santayana good-bye.	27
4								4
28	We didn't start the fire						We didn't start the fire.	28
29	It was always burning						It was always burning since	29
30	Since the world's been turning						the world's been turning.	30
31	We didn't start the fire						We didn't start the fire	31
32	No we didn't light it						No we didn't light it but	32
33	But we tried to fight it						we tried to fight it.	33
5								5
34	Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac						(1953) Joseph Stalin,	34
35	Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai						Malenkov,	35
36							Nasser and Prokofiev.	36
37	Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball						Rockefeller,	37
38	Starkweather, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide						Campanella,	38
39							Communist Bloc.	39
6	Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia							6
40	Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go						(1954) Roy Cohn,	40
41							Juan Peron,	41
42	U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy						Toscanini,	42
43	Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo						Dacron.	43
44							Dien Bien Phu falls,	44
45	We didn't start the fire						"Rock Around        the Clock".	45
7	It was always burning							7
46	Since the world's been turning						(1955) Einstein,	46
47	We didn't start the fire						James Dean,	47
48	No we didn't light it						Brooklyn's got a winning team.	48
49	But we tried to fight it						David Crockett,	49
50							"Peter Pan",	50
51	Hemingway, Eichman, Stranger in a Strange Land						Elvis Presley,	51
52	Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion						Disneyland.	52
8								8
53	Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania						(1956) Bardot,	53
54	Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson						Budapest,	54
55							Alabama,	55
56	Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex						Khrushchev.	56
57	J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say						Princess Grace,	57
58							"Peyton Place",	58
59	We didn't start the fire						Trouble in        the Suez.	59
9	It was always burning							9
60	Since the world's been turning						We didn't	60
61	We didn't start the fire						start the fire	61
62	No we didn't light it						...	62
10	But we tried to fight it							10
63							(1957) Little Rock,	63
64	Birth control, Ho Chi Minh,						Pasternak,	64
65	Richard Nixon back again						Mickey Mantle,	65
66	Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock						Kerouac.	66
67							Sputnik,	67
68	Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline						Chou En-Lai,	68
69	Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan						"Bridge On The River Kwai".	69
11								11
70	Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide						(1958) Lebanon,	70
71	Foreign debts, homeless Vets,						Charles de Gaulle,	71
72	AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz						California baseball.	72
73							Starkweather,	73
1							Homicide,	1
2							Children of Thalidomide.	2
3								3
4							(1959) Buddy Holly,	4
5							"Ben-Hur",	5
6							Space Monkey,	6
7							Mafia.	7
8							Hula Hoops,	8
9							Castro,	9
10							Edsel is a no-go.	10
11								11
12							(1960) U2,	12
13							Syngman Rhee,	13
14							payola and Kennedy.	14
15							Chubby Checker,	15
16							"Psycho",	16
17							Belgians in the Congo.	17
18								18
19							We didn't	19
20							start the fire	20
21							...	21
22								22
23							(1961) Hemingway,	23
24							Eichmann,	24
25							"Stranger In A Strange Land".	25
26							Dylan,	26
27							Berlin,	27
28							Bay Of Pigs Invasion.	28
29								29
30							(1962) "Lawrence Of Arabia",	30
31							British Beatlemania.	31
32							Ole Miss,	32
33							John Glenn,	33
34							Liston beats Patterson.	34
35								35
36							(1963) Pope Paul,	36
37							Malcolm X,	37
38							British Politician Sex.	38
39							J.F.K.,	39
40							blown away,	40
41							what else do I have to say?	41
42								42
43							We didn't	43
44							start the fire	44
45							...	45
46								46
47							(64-89) Birth Control,	47
48							Ho Chi Minh,	48
49							Richard Nixon back again.	49
50							Moonshot,	50
51							Woodstock,	51
52							Watergate,	52
53							Punk Rock.	53
54							Begin,	54
55							Reagan,	55
56							Palestine,	56
57							Terror on the airline.	57
58							Ayatollah's in Iran,	58
59							Russians in Afghanistan.	59
60								60
61							"Wheel Of Fortune",	61
62							Sally Ride,	62
63							Heavy Metal,	63
64							Suicide.	64
65							Foreign debts,	65
66							Homeless vets,	66
67							AIDS,	67
68							Crack,	68
69							Bernie Goetz.	69
	Hypodermics on the shores,						Hypodermics on the shores,
74	China's under martial law						China's under martial law.	74
75	Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore						Rock and Roller Cola Wars,	75
76							I can't take it anymore.	76
12	We didn't start the fire							12
13	It was always burning since the							13
14	world's been turning.							14
15	We didn't start the fire							15
16	But when we are gone							16
17	It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on...							17
77	We didn't start the fire						We didn't start the fire.	77
78	It was always burning						It was always burning,	78
79	Since the world's been turning						since the world's been turning.	79
80	We didn't start the fire						We didn't start the fire,	80
81	No       we didn't light it						but when we are gone	81
82	But we tried to fight it						will it still burn on,	82
70							and on, and on, and on...	70
	We didn't start the fire						We didn't start the fire
83	It was always burning						...	83
18	Since the world's been turning							18
19	We didn't start the fire							19
20	No we didn't light it							20
21	But we tried to fight it							21
	We didn't start the fire						We didn't start the fire
84	It was always burning						...	84
22	Since the world's been turning							22
23	We didn't start the fire...							23

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