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	Version 1 of Billy Joel Lyrics We Didn't Start the Fire (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/billy-joel/we-didnt-start-the-fir...) Version 1 of the lyrics						Version 3 of Billy Joel Lyrics We Didn't Start the Fire (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/billy-joel/we-didnt-start-the-fir...) Version 3 of the lyrics
1	1949 Harry Truman						Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray	1
2	Doris day						South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio	2
1	Red China							1
3	Johnnie Ray						Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television	3
4							North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe	4
2	South Pacific							2
5	Walter Winchell						Rosenbergs, H Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom	5
6	Joe Di Maggio.						Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye	6
3	1950 Joe McCarthy							3
7	Richard Nixon						Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen	7
8	Studebaker						Maciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye	8
4	Television							4
9							We didn't start the fire	9
10	North Korea						It was always burning	10
11	South Korea						Since the world's been turning	11
12	Marilyn Monroe.						We didn't start the fire	12
13							No we didn't light it	13
14	1951 Rosenbergs						But we tried to fight it	14
5	H-Bomb							5
15	Sugar Ray						Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev	15
16	Panmunjom						Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc	16
6								6
17	Brando						Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dancron	17
18	The King And I						Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock	18
7	and The							7
19	Catcher In The						Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team	19
20	Rye.						Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland	20
8	1952 Eisenhower							8
21	Vaccine						Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev	21
22	England's got a						Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez	22
9	new queen							9
23							We didn't start the fire	23
24	Marciano						It was always burning	24
25	Liberace						Since the world's been turning	25
26	Santayana good-bye.						We didn't start the fire	26
27							No we didn't light it	27
28	We didn't						But we tried to fight it	28
10	start the fire							10
29							Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac	29
30	It was always						Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai	30
11	burning since							11
31	the world's						Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball	31
32	been turning.						Starkwether, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide	32
12	We didn't							12
33	start the fire						Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia	33
34							Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go	34
13	No							13
35	we didn't						U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy	35
36	light it but						Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo	36
14	we tried to							14
37	fight it.						We didn't start the fire	37
38							It was always burning	38
39	1953 Joseph Stalin						Since the world's been turning	39
40	Malenkov						We didn't start the fire	40
41	Nasser and Prokofiev						No we didn't light it	41
42							But we tried to fight it	42
15	Rockefeller							15
43	Campanella						Hemingway, Eichman, Stranger in a Strange Land	43
44	Communist Bloc.						Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion	44
16	1954 Roy Cohn							16
45	Juan Peron						Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania	45
46	Toscanini						Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson	46
17	Dacron							17
47							Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex	47
48	Dien Bien Phu falls						J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say	48
18	Rock Around							18
49	The Clock.						We didn't start the fire	49
50							It was always burning	50
51	1955 Einstein						Since the world's been turning	51
52	James Dean						We didn't start the fire	52
53	Brooklyn's got						No we didn't light it	53
54	a winning team						But we tried to fight it	54
19								19
55	David Crockett						Birth control, Ho Chi Minh,	55
56	Peter Pan						Richard Nixon back again	56
57	Elvis Presley						Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock	57
20	Disneyland.							20
58	1956 Bardot						Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline	58
59	Budapest						Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan	59
21	Alabama							21
60	Khrushchev						Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide	60
61							Foreign debts, homeless Vets,	61
62	Princess grace						AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz	62
22	Peyton Place							22
63	Trouble in the Suez.						Hypodermics on the shores,	63
64							China's under martial law	64
65	We didn't						Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore	65
23	start the fire							23
66	...						We didn't start the fire	66
67							It was always burning since the	67
68	1957 Little Rock						world's been turning.	68
69	Pasternak						We didn't start the fire	69
70	Mickey Mantle						But when we are gone	70
71	Kerouac						It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on...	71
24								24
72	Sputnik						We didn't start the fire	72
73	Chou En-Lai						It was always burning	73
74	Bridge On The						Since the world's been turning	74
75	River Kwai.						We didn't start the fire	75
76	1958 Lebanon						No we didn't light it	76
77	Charles de Gaulle						But we tried to fight it	77
25	California baseball							25
78							We didn't start the fire	78
79	Starkweather						It was always burning	79
80	Hoicide						Since the world's been turning	80
81	Children of						We didn't start the fire	81
82	Thalidomide.						No we didn't light it	82
83							But we tried to fight it	83
26	1959 Buddy Holly							26
84	Ben Hur						We didn't start the fire	84
85	Space Monkey						It was always burning	85
86	Mafia						Since the world's been turning	86
87							We didn't start the fire...	87
27	Hula Hoops							27
28	Castro							28
29	Edsel is a no-go.							29
30	1960 U 2							30
31	Syngman Rhee							31
32	Payola and Kennedy							32
33								33
34	Chubby Checker							34
35	Psycho							35
36	Belgians in							36
37	the Congo.							37
38								38
39	We didn't							39
40	start the fire							40
41	...							41
42								42
43	1961 Hemingway							43
44	Eichmann							44
45	Stranger In A							45
46	Strange Land							46
47								47
48	Dylan							48
49	Berlin							49
50	Bay Of Pigs Invasion.							50
51	1962 Lawrence							51
52	Of Arabia							52
53	British Beatlemania							53
54								54
55	Ole Miss							55
56	John Glenn							56
57	Liston beats							57
58	Patterson.							58
59								59
60	1963 Pope Paul							60
61	Malcolm X.							61
62	British							62
63	Politician							63
64	Sex							64
65								65
66	J.F.K. blown away							66
67	what else do I							67
68	have to say?							68
69								69
70	We didn't							70
71	start the fire							71
72	...							72
73								73
74	64-89 Birth Control							74
75	Ho Chi Minh							75
76	Richard Nixon							76
77	back again							77
78								78
79	Moonshot							79
80	Woodstock							80
81	Watergate							81
82	Punk Rock.							82
83	Begin							83
84	reagan							84
85	Palestine							85
86	Terror on the airline							86
87								87
88	Ayatollah's in Iran							88
89	Russians in							89
90	Afghanistan.							90
91								91
92	Wheel Of Fortune							92
93	sally Ride							93
94	Heavy Metal							94
95	Suicide							95
96								96
97	Foreign debts							97
98	Homeless vets							98
99	AIDS							99
100	Crack							100
101	Bernie Goetz.							101
102	Hypodermics on							102
103	the shores							103
104	China's under							104
105	martial law							105
106								106
107	Rock and Roller							107
108	Cola Wars							108
109	I can't take							109
110	it anymore.							110
111								111
112	We didn't							112
113	start the fire							113
114	...							114
115	we didn't							115
116	start the fire							116
117	...							117

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