We Didnt Start The Fire
We Didnt Start The Fire Lyrics & Chords
I don’t think many of the folks here would have heard this one. This is my favorite song from Billy Joel. It is not your typical song which is why I like it. A Grammy Award Winner… Here goes:
LYRICS:
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, “The King and I”, and “The Catcher in the Rye”
Eisenhower, vaccine, England’s got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
CHORUS
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
Though we did ignight it
But we tried to fight it
Josef Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn’s got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
Though we did ignight it
But we tried to fight it
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California Baseball,
Starkwether, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
Though we did ignight it
But we tried to fight it
Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land,
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex
J.F.K. 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
Though we did igight it
But we tried to fight it
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
Ayatollah’s in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China’s under 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 world’s been turning.
We didn’t start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on….
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
Though we did ignight it
But we tried to fight it
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
Though we did ignight but
But we tried to fight it
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire….
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April 11, 2008
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Jake Sloan said
Outstanding sing my friend !!!!!!! I wonder how many here even know half the names and events in this song :) Unfortunately I’m old enough to have experienced them all !!!
Sumit Rai said
Definitely a 5 cause it’s a really difficult song to sing…. but you know what ?… it didn’t felt you enjoyed singing it.
George Kuruvilla
said
@Jake: Thanks for you feedback! Appreciate it :-)
George Kuruvilla
said
@Sumit: Thanks for your rating Sumit. And trust me, I really enjoyed this song. In fact I was so excited to do this one. This is not an easy song to express feelings since there are very few pauses or breaks. Its more like a long news report :-)
Sumit Rai said
Yup man !!…. Its a really difficult song…. but see in the video of this song billy joel still sitting cooly n tapping the table… thats the kind of mood the singing should have i think. having said that i think you did a marvellous job controlling the breathing while still being in tune n timing.
Abhishek Narayan said
too good george … i guess u reached the pinnacle here with u’r singing !! does’nt look like u managed the chorus alone here … if yes, then unbelievable.
George Kuruvilla
said
@Abhishek – Thanks man. I did sing the chorus as well, but there are backup vocals as part of the karaoke track.
Sudeip Ghosh said
dude this is one tough song !! there are way too many words to be put in !!! excellent stuff dude ! great going……my rating 5/5…did Roshan do the backing vox? lol …hehehe just kidding hehee
Shashank Gokhale said
I felt this like MASTI KI PAATHSHALA from Rang DE Basanti……to start with….:D
Nice Harmonies….and as usual boaring Excellent singing….:D
I felt u really enjoyed….singing this….:D
Nice go man….
Nithya
said
Cool again. One of my favourites!
@Jake The WWW has definitely helped us in understanding the events mentioned in the song!
Meera Manohar
said
Why do you say ppl wouldn’t have heard this?? thought it was famous ( even a non-English listener knows this!!?)
Nice one George. Was it a little off @ 1.17/18?
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Janhavee said
George,
Good one !! Must have been out of breath after the song :-) Yes! we are familiar with Billy Joel….and we have this album too :-)
You did a great a job as usual. Keep up the good work!!
Cheers
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Anusha Rao said
No way can I believe that people haven’t heard this one. One of my favs. Just curious…. how many takes did you have to go through for this one and how many words in a single breath :D ? Truly a tough song but justice done!!!
Dr. priya Rajan said
Hey!!!! My dear Georgy …… this is beautiful singing. EXCELLENT ……in all respects:) :)
YOU CAN TAKE THE WORLD FOR A RIDE WITH YOUR VOICE.
Georgy…… You are the most VERSATILE SINGER and can just sing anything on this Earth.
Just a short sneak into Muziboo and got something worthy to hear. Always love to dig your posts for my favs’ and too glad that end up with the BEST always. Take a 5 and goes to my fav’ always.
Oh! such a BEAUTIFUL song how it did not get noticed. Love it for its lyrics and indeed too difficult to sing.
LOVE YOUR ENGLISH SONGS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!
Keep singing a looooooooooooooot.
God Bless You abundantly my dear.
Thanks a lot for sharing.
MUSIC is the language of the soul!
Fahad Shahid said
Awesome job man, I’ve always loved this song. You did it justice. \m/
Arun said
great one, one of my fav. good work