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Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for We Didn't Start The Fire that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

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
Original Lyrics:
'Lawrence of Arabia', British Beatlemania,
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
AIDS crap, Bernie Goetz
Original Lyrics:
Aids, crack, Bernie Goetz
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
All to Simmingwiy, hail all for Kennedy
Chugga-chugga, 'Psycho', Belgians in the Congo
Original Lyrics:
U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy,
Chubby Checker, 'Psycho', Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
And a catcher in the rye.
Original Lyrics:
And 'The 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
Original Lyrics:
Ayatollah's in Iran
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
Original Lyrics:
Begin, Reagan
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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Baker, Reagan
Original Lyrics:
Begin, Reagan
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, Bloody pest, Alabama, cool chef
Princess Grace, Plate of Plaice, trouble in the Suez
Original Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bardot, Buda chest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, paying place, trouble in the sewers
Original Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama cruise chest
Princess Grace, taking place, trouble 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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Bardot, Budapest, Alabama cruise jazz
Original Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Bardot, Budapest, Alabama cruise jet, Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the Suez
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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Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the sewage
Original Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Bay of Pigs in Beijing
Original Lyrics:
Bay of Pigs invasion
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Beggin' Reagan
Original Lyrics:
Begin, Reagan
Begin (pronounced BAY-gan) refers to Menachem Begin, a 20th century Israeli politician.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Belchin' (is) in the Congo
Original Lyrics:
Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Belchin' and the condom
Original Lyrics:
Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Belgians in a condo
Original Lyrics:
Belgians in the Congo
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
Original Lyrics:
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again,
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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Birth control, hoochie men
Original Lyrics:
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Birth control, pooch-y men
Original Lyrics:
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Bob Dole, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Original Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
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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Bob Dole
Original Lyrics:
Bardot
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Bondo, Buddha pest, Alabama cruise chest
Original Lyrics:
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Bongo, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace taking place, trouble in the sewers
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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Breathing sparkle fire
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
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.
Original Lyrics:
British Beatlemania.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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British flea romania
Original Lyrics:
British beatlemania
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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British peter-mania
Original Lyrics:
British Beatlemania
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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Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space for the mock-i-o
Hulahoops, Castrol, Edsel is a no-go
U2, Sigmund Ray, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, cycle, big leg's in the candle
Original Lyrics:
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hulahoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Spaceman came off again
Hula Hoops, Castrol, Ed says it's a no-go
You too, sing my knee, pay a lamb and Kennedy
Double check a psycho, Ben Jones in the Congo
Original Lyrics:
Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Buildin' Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Original Lyrics:
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Burning gets
Original Lyrics:
Bernie Goetz
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Burning kids
Original Lyrics:
Bernie Goetz
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Chausset gone
Original Lyrics:
Charles de Gaulle
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Children of the letter Y
Original Lyrics:
Children of thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Children of the litter mine
Original Lyrics:
Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Children of the little Mai
Original Lyrics:
Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Children of the little might
Original Lyrics:
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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Children of the little mine
Original Lyrics:
Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Children of the little nine.
Original Lyrics:
Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Chocolate in the sewers
Original Lyrics:
Trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Chose to go
Original Lyrics:
Charles de Gaulle
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Chuggin' up the little mines
Original Lyrics:
Children of Thalidomide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Communist rock
Original Lyrics:
Communist bloc
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Decade, blow away, what else do I have to say?
Original Lyrics:
J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say?
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Dildo in Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Original Lyrics:
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Din din, blue balls
rock around the clock
Original Lyrics:
Dien Bien Phu falls,
'Rock Around The Clock'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Din-Din, foosball, 'Rock Around The Clock'
Original Lyrics:
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'
Original Lyrics:
Dien Bien Phu falls, 'Rock Around The Clock'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Doo-Doo, Simmonry, payola in Kennedy
Original Lyrics:
U2, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Edsa-lissa no-vo
Original Lyrics:
Edsel is a no go
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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Eight-track, Bernie Goetz
Original Lyrics:
Aids, crack, Bernie Goetz
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 James Dean
Original Lyrics:
Einstein, James Dean
Eisenhower is mentioned in an earlier line.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Eisenhower back scene, England's got a new queen
Original Lyrics:
Eisenhower vaccine, England's got a new queen
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Eisenhower back seat
Original Lyrics:
Eisenhower, vaccine
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Eisenhower, back seat, England's got a new queen
Original Lyrics:
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
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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Every male's a suicide.
Original Lyrics:
Heavy metal suicide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Exxon and Sunoco
Original Lyrics:
Edsel is a no-go
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Foreign debts, homeless pets
Original Lyrics:
Foreign debts, homeless vets
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Goggomobil
Original Lyrics:
Joe DiMaggio
The Goggomobil, by the German company Glas, was a two-stroke rear-engined minicar built between 1955 and 1966.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Greatest politician sex, JFK blown away
Original Lyrics:
British politician sex, JFK, blown away.
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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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"
Misheard Lyrics:
Harrison, Doris Day, Rich and a 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, Ackman, 'Stranger in a Strange Land'
Oolin, Berlin, Mayor Fitz 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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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, Anch(or)man, "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, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Burrowing, Bay of Pigs 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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Hemingway, Heinlein's '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, egg-men
Original Lyrics:
Hemingway, Eichmann
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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Hope hall, Malcolm X, greatest politician since JFK – blown away, what else do I have to say?
Original Lyrics:
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK – blown away, what else do I have to say?
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was always burning said the worst attorney.
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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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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Joe and I
Original Lyrics:
Chou en Lai
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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Joseph Stalin, Alan Carr
Original Lyrics:
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, NASA and pour coffee on
Original Lyrics:
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
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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Jumping Jack as 'Psycho', Belgians in the Congo
Original Lyrics:
Chubby Checker, 'Psycho', Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Little Rock, Mantounak, Mickey Man and Cara-mac
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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Marching on the liver Archie, Santa you're a good guy
Original Lyrics:
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
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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Merchants in Afghanistan
Original Lyrics:
Russians in Afghanistan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Mockey yar, hula hoops, Castro
Original Lyrics:
Mafia, hula hoops, Castro
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 'n' Roll and cholera
Original Lyrics:
Rock and Roller cola wars
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Rock 'n' Roll and total war
Original Lyrics:
Rock and Roller cola wars
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Rock 'n' roll 'n' colon wars
Original Lyrics:
Rock and roller cola wars
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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Rosanne Barr, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brand new "The King And I" and to catch her in the right
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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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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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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Roy Con, hopper on, Husanini, Dark one
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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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.
Original Lyrics:
Starkweather, homicide
Children of Thalidomide.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Strug-neck, shoreline, brick of the river k(i)wi
Original Lyrics:
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"
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.
Original Lyrics:
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Trouble in the sewage
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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U2, Synergy, AOL 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 Marshall Faulk.
Original Lyrics:
China's under martial law.
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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Virgins in Afghanistan
Original Lyrics:
Russian in Afghanistan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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We did a song about it
No we didn't write it
But we tried to buy it
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Well, Billy Joel did have a reputation for prolificness, it COULD have been a list of topics covered in his discography
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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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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Wheel of Fortune, that ain't right
Original Lyrics:
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride
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
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
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.
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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Ying Yang Foo Fong, Rock Around the Clock.
Original Lyrics:
Dien Bien Phu falls, 'Rock Around The Clock'
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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'Lawrence of Arabia', British beat Albania,
Old mist, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Original Lyrics:
'Lawrence of Arabia', British Beatlemania,
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Bitch on the river quad
Original Lyrics:
Bridge on the River Kwai
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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California Face Book
Original Lyrics:
California baseball
Editor's note: Facebook didn't come out until LONG after this song was made! Therefore, mishearing it that way is not the least bit plausible.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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California paintball
Original Lyrics:
California baseball
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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Castrol: engineered to no-go
Original Lyrics:
Castro, Edsel is a no go
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Children of the Meadowlands
Original Lyrics:
Children of Thalidomide
The Meadowlands is a region in North Jersey near New York City.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chubby Checker's Sight Go, Belgians in the Congo
Original Lyrics:
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Chubby Checker's cycle, Belgians in the condos
Original Lyrics:
Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cinnamon Rings
Original Lyrics:
Syngman Rhee
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
David Kay blow away.
Original Lyrics:
JFK blown away.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Didn't eat food, 'cause they rocked around the clock
Original Lyrics:
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Edgar Reagan
Original Lyrics:
Begin, Reagan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Einstein, James Dean
Brooklyn's got a women's team
Original Lyrics:
Einstein, James Dean
Brooklyn's got a winning team
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eisenhower, Maxine
Original Lyrics:
Eisenhower, vaccine
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Elvis Presley, dizzy man
Original Lyrics:
Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
England's got her nude clean
Original Lyrics:
England's got a new queen
Refers to Elizabeth II, the queen who stepped in following the death of George VI in 1952.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Enzo is a no go
Original Lyrics:
Edsel is a no go
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gretchen's in Afghanistan
Original Lyrics:
Russians in Afghanistan
Fall Out Boy's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Harry Potter, wildlife, Michael Jackson time
Original Lyrics:
Harry Potter, Twilight, Michael Jackson dies
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
KFC blown away
Original Lyrics:
JFK blown away
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lawrence of Arabia, fetish Beatlemania
Original Lyrics:
Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lawrence of a rape-e-a
Original Lyrics:
Lawrence of Arabia
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lawrence on the radio
Original Lyrics:
Lawrence of Arabia
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Lebanon, Shostagon
California baseball
Original Lyrics:
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle
California baseball
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Little Rock, past the neck, Mickey Mantle, cateracts, Sputnik, Joe and I, ‘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"
Misheard Lyrics:
Mewtwo, Sara Lee, Crayola and Emily
Original Lyrics:
U-2, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Milton Berle in Bay of Pigs invasion
Original Lyrics:
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
No we didn't ignite it
But we tried to fight it
Original Lyrics:
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
No, we didn't buy it
Original Lyrics:
No, we didn't light it
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
No, we didn't like it
But we tried to find it
Original Lyrics:
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to hide it
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
No, we didn't write it
Original Lyrics:
No, we didn't light it
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
No, we didn't write it
Original Lyrics:
No, we didn't light it
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Paper plates, donut glaze
Original Lyrics:
Peyton Place, Princess Grace
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the civil West
Original Lyrics:
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
Should be three syllables, "Suez" doesn't cut it!
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the sewers
Original Lyrics:
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Princess Grace, pick and play
Original Lyrics:
Princess Grace, Peyton Place
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rakin' Bacon Palestine
Original Lyrics:
Reagan Begin Palestine
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rambo, The King and I, and the cashier on the right
Original Lyrics:
Brando, The King and I, and The Catcher in the Rye
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rock and roll and Toblerone
Original Lyrics:
Rock and roller cola wars
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rock and roller color wars, I can't take it anymore
Original Lyrics:
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rockapella cholera
Original Lyrics:
Rock and roller cola wars
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Rosh Hashanah, channel 8
Original Lyrics:
Red China, Johnnie Ray
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Start with a homicide
Original Lyrics:
Starkweather homicide
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Uyên didn't start the fire
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
Virgins in Afghanistan
Original Lyrics:
Russians in Afghanistan
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
We did ant start the fire
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
We didn’t start the fire
No we did ignite it, but we tried to fight it
Original Lyrics:
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
We didn’t stop the fire.
Original Lyrics:
We didn't start the fire.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
You too, sing then read, Crayola and candy
Original Lyrics:
U-2, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
You tube, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy
Original Lyrics:
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy,
Editor's note: Do you really think he was saying "YouTube"? This song came out LONG before Youtube came into existence. Therefore this mishearing is not plausible. Please use some common sense.
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
You two Cinnamony
Original Lyrics:
U2, Syngman Rhee

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