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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
And the Captor-rinder-rye.
Original Lyrics:
And 'A Catcher in the Rye'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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And the Captor-rinder-rye
Original Lyrics:
And the Catcher In The Rye
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Ayatollah Zimmerman
Russians in Afghanistan
Russians in Afghanistan
Original Lyrics:
Ayatollah's in Iran
Russians in Afghanistan
Russians in Afghanistan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Bacon, Reagan, Palestine
Original Lyrics:
Begin, Reagan, Palestine
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Bacon, Reagan
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Begin, Reagan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Baker, Reagan
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Begin, Reagan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Bob Dole, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
or
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama cruise jazz
or
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama cruise jazz
Original Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Beggin' Reagan
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Begin, Reagan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Belchin' and the condom
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Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Birth control, hoochie men
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Birth control, Ho Chi Minh
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Breathing sparkle fire
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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British politicians have JFK blown away.
Original Lyrics:
British politician sex, JFK, blown away.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Children of the litter mine
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Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Children of the little Mai
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Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Children of the little might
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Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Children of the little mind
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Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Chocolate in the sewers
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Trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Chose to go
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Charles de Gaulle
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Chuggin' up the little mines
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Children of Thalidamide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Din-Din, foosball, 'Rock Around The Clock'
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Dien Bien Phu falls, 'Rock Around The Clock'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Din-din, food falls, 'Rock Around The Clock'
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Dien Bien Phu falls, 'Rock Around The Clock'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Edsel and Sunoco
Original Lyrics:
Edsel is a no go.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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England's gonna fight 'em.
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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England's gonna fight him.
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Gretchen's in Afghanistan.
Original Lyrics:
Russians in Afghanistan.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Harrison, Doris Day, Rich and Johnny Ray
Original Lyrics:
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Hemingway, Aikman, Stranger in a Strange Land
Original Lyrics:
Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Hemingway, Heinlein's 'Stranger in a Strange Land'
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Hemingway, Eichmann, 'Stranger In A Strange Land'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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It was always burning since the world's retarded.
Original Lyrics:
It was always burning since the world's been turning.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Italics and no go
Original Lyrics:
Edsel is a no go.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Mockey yar, hula hoops, Castro
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Mafia, hula hoops, Castro
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Rock 'n' roll 'n' colon wars
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Rock and roller cola wars
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Rock'n'Roll and total war
or
Rock'n'Roll and cholera
or
Rock'n'Roll and cholera
Original Lyrics:
Rock and Roller cola wars
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Rosanne Barr, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brand new "The King And I" and to catch that Wino(na) Ry(der)
Brand new "The King And I" and to catch that Wino(na) Ry(der)
Original Lyrics:
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King And I" and "The Catcher In The Rye"
Brando, "The King And I" and "The Catcher In The Rye"
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Rosenbergs, James Bond, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Original Lyrics:
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Shove it in the Sue-Ez.
Original Lyrics:
Trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Stop with the homicide
Children of Thalidomyde.
Children of Thalidomyde.
Original Lyrics:
Starkweather, homicide
Children of Thalidomide.
Children of Thalidomide.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Studebaker, telebitchin
Original Lyrics:
Studebaker, television
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Though we did ignite it
But we tried to fight it.
But we tried to fight it.
Original Lyrics:
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
But we tried to fight it
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Trouble in the sewage
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Trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Trouble in the sewers
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Trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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U2, Synergy, AOL and Kennedy
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U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Vaginas under Marshall Faulk.
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China's under martial law.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Virgins in Afghanistan
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Russian in Afghanistan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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We didn't stab the fighter.
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Winnie didn't stop to find her.
or
Winnie didn't subdivide it.
or
Winnie didn't subdivide it.
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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YouTube Cinnamony
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U2, Syngman Rhee
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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'Lawrence of Arabia', British in Romania
Oldness, John Glenn, Mr. Peeps, Alison
Oldness, John Glenn, Mr. Peeps, Alison
Original Lyrics:
'Lawrence of Arabia', British Beatlemania,
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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All to Simmingwiy, hail all for Kennedy
Chugga-chugga, 'Psycho', Belgians in the Congo
Chugga-chugga, 'Psycho', Belgians in the Congo
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U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy,
Chubby Checker, 'Psycho', Belgians in the Congo
Chubby Checker, 'Psycho', Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Bacon-Makin Palestine, We love torture, Sally Ride
Original Lyrics:
Bagan, Reagan, Palestine, Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Bacon Reagan
or
Bakin' Reagan
or
Bakin' Reagan
Original Lyrics:
Begin Reagan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the sewage
Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the sewage
Original Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the Suez
Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Berk control, hutchy Minn, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, hope rock
Bagen Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, hope rock
Bagen Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Original Lyrics:
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again,
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock,
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock,
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Bob Dole, Budapest, Alan, 'Batman', Prucechev Minzy Space making haste, chocolate in the sewage
Original Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev, Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Bondo, Buddha pest, Alabama cruise chest
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Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Bright the holly, 'Ben Hur', space monkey happier Hula Hoops, Castro, Edson with the no-go
Original Lyrics:
Buddy Holly, 'Ben Hur', space monkey, Mafia, hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no go
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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British beat Romania.
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British Beatlemania.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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British flea romania
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British beatlemania
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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British peter-mania
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British Beatlemania
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Chausset gone
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Charles de Gaulle
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Children of the little mind
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Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Children of the little mind
Original Lyrics:
Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Communist rock
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Communist bloc
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Edsa-lissa no-vo
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Edsel is a no go
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Einstein, James Dean, Buckland's got a winning team Davy Crockett, 'Peter Pan', Elvis 'comes a Disney lad
Original Lyrics:
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, 'Peter Pan', Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Eisenhower back scene, England's got a new queen For she ever sent a lot, and Saphire a-goodbye-a
Original Lyrics:
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen Marcano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Every male's a suicide.
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Heavy metal suicide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Exxon and Sunoco
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Edsel is a no-go
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Harris Tuman, Doris Day, Red Chai and Johnnie Ray Sow Specific, Balti Weather, Jogi Maggio
Original Lyrics:
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Hemingway, Ackman, 'Stranger in a Strange Land' Oolin, Berlin, Mayafitz Invasion
Original Lyrics:
Hemingway, Eichmann, 'Stranger in a Strange Land', Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs Invasion
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Hope Paul, Malcolm X, British polticians, sex
Original Lyrics:
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Joe's a staller, another card, NASA with a copier Brokenbeller, Capenilla, Communists Rock
Original Lyrics:
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Jump a cafe, Richard Nixon stood under the television
Original Lyrics:
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Little Rock, Mantounak, Mickey Man and Caramac Spun in, Chou a-Lai, 'Bridge on the River Kwai'
Original Lyrics:
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac, Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, 'Bridge on the River Kwai'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Loads to gone, shout a goal, California, baseball Stark with the homicide turning up the little nigh
Original Lyrics:
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Mel Gibson, the Congo
Original Lyrics:
Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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NASA had the coffee on
Original Lyrics:
Nasser and Prokofiev
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Paul McCartney, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
Original Lyrics:
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Rock and Roll and color wars
Original Lyrics:
Rock and Roller cola wars
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Rosenberg's sex bomb, Summer ray, Cath and John Round up the kimmenrye, have a catchy rim and lie
Original Lyrics:
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, 'The King and I' and 'The Catcher in the Rye'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Roy Con, hopper on, Hostanini, darquon In Bin, Hoop Fall's 'Rock Around the Clock'
Original Lyrics:
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron Dien Bien Phu Falls, 'Rock Around the Clock'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Trouble in the sewers
Original Lyrics:
Trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Trouble in the sewers
Original Lyrics:
Trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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U2, Sigmund Freed, payola and Kennedy
Original Lyrics:
U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Vaginas under martial law
Original Lyrics:
China's under martial law
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Wheat is on the broil
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Willy Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, aid stratch Bernie gets
Hypodermics on the shore, China's under martial law
Foreign debts, homeless vets, aid stratch Bernie gets
Hypodermics on the shore, China's under martial law
Original Lyrics:
'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
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
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