Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon, back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock 
Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in [bad word] in Afghanistan

"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician 
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say 

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on

"Whell of Fortune'', Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless pets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goets
Hopodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take ir anymore

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it