Breakfast Club, Tears for Fears, missiles in Australia
Eight-bit Nintendo, Wrestlemania

Worldwide year of peace, Oprah Winfrey
Weird Al's Polka Party, Fox comes to TV

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 21 Jump Street
Tracey Ullman, Full House, and Rick Astley

Altered Beast, FoxTrot, withering of US crops
Andy Gibb and Divine, they're both died at the time

[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

Sega Genesis, Thomas the train and friends
Family Matters, George Bush is president

Happy Land's on fire, Cold War has ended
Captain Planet's here to keep our world defended

Rugrats, Nirvana, Iraq hits on Israel
Sonic the Hedgehog, Comedy Central

Albertville olympics, Leno's on Tonight Show
Melrose Place, Cosby Show, birth of Demi Lovato

[repeat chorus]

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, end of Perfect Strangers
Fugitive, Jurassic Park, Cheers has gone too far

Montreal Expos lead the National League
New York Rangers' Stanley Cup victory

No football for L.A., Greece gets an earthquake
Mortal Kombat 3's been made and hit the arcades

Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Meredith Brooks' [bleep]
Nintendo 64, Spice Girls, and so much more

[repeat chorus]

Bill Clinton's second term, TV ratings at top left
Nashville hockey, Powerpuff, Linda McCartney's death

Digimon, Dreamcast, Y2K's comin' fast
20th Century's over at last

Third millenium, September 11th
No more Waylon Jennings, who was born in '37

[repeat chorus]

USS Lincoln, Florida's winning team
Super Bowl finally made a timid scene

British government, suiciders run amok
Hannah Montana, Anaheim Ducks

Old-age melon, earthquake in Peru
Rising gas prices, 4 Minutes too

Auto-Tune set to play, Michael Jackson passed away
Guess what's on in TV Land, look it's Hot in Cleveland

[repeat chorus twice]

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire...