"We Didn't Start the Fire" 1985 - 1995


My first parody of Billy Joel's song commissioned by Camp Snoopy in 1995 for a New Year's Eve party.

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Bill Clinton, Ross Perot "Ren and Stimpy", Favio Bert and Ernie, Boris Yelstin, sexual harassment David Koresh, Waco ATF and Reno Deficit reduction bill, Donahue, Geraldo [Brief instrumental interlude] Gays in the army Michael Jordan, Barney Billy Ray, Amy Fisher, Joey Buttafuoco Family values, cloning Brady Bill, Rodney King "Wayne's World", Robert Reich Limbaugh on the radio [Chorus] 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 Woody, Mia, NAFTA Fire in California Hubble trouble, Haiti, RU-486 Ice T, Schwarzenegger Reginald Denny, Zoey Baird, "Jurrasic Park" Tyrannosaurus Rex German tourists, Sharon Stone Dr. Death, Sly Stallone "Full House", Batman Chinese immigration Flooding in the Midwest Spike Lee, and Malcom X Socks the cat, bomb Iraq Tom Cruise and Gangsta rap

Michael Jackson, Bosnia Fighting in Somalia "Seinfield", "Sister Act" Peace with Yasser Arafat "Free Willy", Larry King World Trade Center bombing "Addams Family", Charles Barkley Whoopie, Ted and Hillary Child abuse, Biosphere "Achy Breaky", no more "Cheers" Drive-bys, Colin Powell North Korea know how Mars mission lost in space Bob Packwood, Chevy Chase TV violence, Oprah "Home Alone", Madonna 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 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 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