Lyrics and translation The Tribute Co. - We Didn't Start the Fire
We Didn't Start the Fire
On n'a pas allumé le feu
Harry
Truman,
Doris
Day,
Red
China,
Johnnie
Ray
Harry
Truman,
Doris
Day,
la
Chine
rouge,
Johnnie
Ray
South
Pacific,
Walter
Winchell,
Joe
DiMaggio
Pacifique
Sud,
Walter
Winchell,
Joe
DiMaggio
Joe
McCarthy,
Richard
Nixon,
Studebaker,
television
Joe
McCarthy,
Richard
Nixon,
Studebaker,
la
télévision
North
Korea,
South
Korea,
Marilyn
Monroe
Corée
du
Nord,
Corée
du
Sud,
Marilyn
Monroe
Rosenbergs,
H-bomb,
Sugar
Ray,
Panmunjom
Rosenberg,
bombe
H,
Sugar
Ray,
Panmunjom
Brando,
"The
King
and
I"
and
"The
Catcher
in
the
Rye"
Brando,
"Le
Roi
et
moi"
et
"L'Attrape-cœurs"
Eisenhower,
vaccine,
England's
got
a
new
queen
Eisenhower,
vaccin,
l'Angleterre
a
une
nouvelle
reine
Marciano,
Liberace,
Santayana
goodbye
Marciano,
Liberace,
au
revoir
Santayana
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
It
was
always
burning
Il
brûlait
déjà
Since
the
world's
been
turning
Depuis
que
le
monde
tourne
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
No
we
didn't
light
it
Non,
on
ne
l'a
pas
allumé
But
we
tried
to
fight
it
Mais
on
a
essayé
de
l'éteindre
Joseph
Stalin,
Malenkov,
Nasser
and
Prokofiev
Joseph
Stalin,
Malenkov,
Nasser
et
Prokofiev
Rockefeller,
Campanella,
Communist
Bloc
Rockefeller,
Campanella,
le
bloc
communiste
Roy
Cohn,
Juan
Peron,
Toscanini,
Dacron
Roy
Cohn,
Juan
Peron,
Toscanini,
Dacron
Dien
Bien
Phu
falls,
"Rock
Around
the
Clock"
La
chute
de
Dien
Bien
Phu,
"Rock
Around
the
Clock"
Einstein,
James
Dean,
Brooklyn's
got
a
winning
team
Einstein,
James
Dean,
Brooklyn
a
une
équipe
gagnante
Davy
Crockett,
Peter
Pan,
Elvis
Presley,
Disneyland
Davy
Crockett,
Peter
Pan,
Elvis
Presley,
Disneyland
Bardot,
Budapest,
Alabama,
Krushchev
Bardot,
Budapest,
Alabama,
Khrouchtchev
Princess
Grace,
"Peyton
Place",
trouble
in
the
Suez
Grace
Kelly,
"Peyton
Place",
des
problèmes
dans
le
canal
de
Suez
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
It
was
always
burning
Il
brûlait
déjà
Since
the
world's
been
turning
Depuis
que
le
monde
tourne
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
No
we
didn't
light
it
Non,
on
ne
l'a
pas
allumé
But
we
tried
to
fight
it
Mais
on
a
essayé
de
l'éteindre
Little
Rock,
Pasternak,
Mickey
Mantle,
Kerouac
Little
Rock,
Pasternak,
Mickey
Mantle,
Kerouac
Sputnik,
Chou
En-Lai,
"Bridge
on
the
River
Kwai"
Spoutnik,
Chou
En-Lai,
"Le
Pont
de
la
rivière
Kwaï"
Lebanon,
Charlse
de
Gaulle,
California
baseball
Le
Liban,
Charles
de
Gaulle,
le
baseball
en
Californie
Starkweather,
homicide,
children
of
thalidomide
Starkweather,
homicide,
les
enfants
du
thalidomide
Buddy
Holly,
"Ben
Hur",
space
monkey,
Mafia
Buddy
Holly,
"Ben
Hur",
singe
de
l'espace,
Mafia
Hula
hoops,
Castro,
Edsel
is
a
no-go
Hula
hoops,
Castro,
Edsel
est
un
échec
U2,
Syngman
Rhee,
payola
and
Kennedy
U2,
Syngman
Rhee,
la
payola
et
Kennedy
Chubby
Checker,
"Psycho",
Belgians
in
the
Congo
Chubby
Checker,
"Psychose",
les
Belges
au
Congo
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
It
was
always
burning
Il
brûlait
déjà
Since
the
world's
been
turning
Depuis
que
le
monde
tourne
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
No
we
didn't
light
it
Non,
on
ne
l'a
pas
allumé
But
we
tried
to
fight
it
Mais
on
a
essayé
de
l'éteindre
Hemingway,
Eichmann,
"Stranger
in
a
Strange
Land"
Hemingway,
Eichmann,
"En
terre
étrangère"
Dylan,
Berlin,
Bay
of
Pigs
invasion
Dylan,
Berlin,
l'invasion
de
la
Baie
des
Cochons
"Lawrence
of
Arabia",
British
Beatlemania
"Lawrence
d'Arabie",
la
Beatlemania
britannique
Ole
Miss,
John
Glenn,
Liston
beats
Patterson
Ole
Miss,
John
Glenn,
Liston
bat
Patterson
Pope
Paul,
Malcolm
X,
British
politician
sex
Le
pape
Paul,
Malcolm
X,
scandale
sexuel
chez
les
politiciens
britanniques
JFK,
blown
away,
what
else
do
I
have
to
say
JFK,
assassiné,
que
puis-je
dire
de
plus
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
It
was
always
burning
Il
brûlait
déjà
Since
the
world's
been
turning
Depuis
que
le
monde
tourne
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
No
we
didn't
light
it
Non,
on
ne
l'a
pas
allumé
But
we
tried
to
fight
it
Mais
on
a
essayé
de
l'éteindre
Birth
control,
Ho
Chi
Minh,
Richard
Nixon
back
again
Pilule
contraceptive,
Hô
Chi
Minh,
Richard
Nixon
de
retour
Moonshot,
Woodstock,
Watergate,
punk
rock
Mission
lunaire,
Woodstock,
Watergate,
punk
rock
Begin,
Reagan,
Palestine,
terror
on
the
airline
Begin,
Reagan,
Palestine,
la
terreur
à
bord
des
avions
Ayatollah's
in
Iran,
Russians
in
Afghanistan
L'ayatollah
en
Iran,
les
Russes
en
Afghanistan
"Wheel
of
Fortune",
Sally
Ride,
heavy
metal,
suicide
"La
roue
de
la
fortune",
Sally
Ride,
heavy
metal,
suicide
Foreign
debts,
homeless
vets,
AIDS,
crack,
Bernie
Goetz
Dettes
étrangères,
vétérans
sans-abri,
sida,
crack,
Bernie
Goetz
Hypodermics
on
the
shores,
China's
under
martial
law
Seringues
sur
les
plages,
loi
martiale
en
Chine
Rock
and
roller
cola
wars,
I
can't
take
it
anymore
Guerre
des
colas
rock
and
roll,
je
n'en
peux
plus
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
It
was
always
burning
Il
brûlait
déjà
Since
the
world's
been
turning
Depuis
que
le
monde
tourne
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
But
when
we
are
gone
Mais
quand
on
ne
sera
plus
là
Will
it
still
burn
on,
and
on,
and
on,
and
on
Continuera-t-il
à
brûler,
encore
et
encore
?
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
It
was
always
burning
Il
brûlait
déjà
Since
the
world's
been
turning
Depuis
que
le
monde
tourne
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
No
we
didn't
light
it
Non,
on
ne
l'a
pas
allumé
But
we
tried
to
fight
it
Mais
on
a
essayé
de
l'éteindre
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
It
was
always
burning
Il
brûlait
déjà
Since
the
world's
been
turning
Depuis
que
le
monde
tourne
We
didn't
start
the
fire
On
n'a
pas
allumé
le
feu
No
we
didn't
light
it
Non,
on
ne
l'a
pas
allumé
But
we
tried
to
fight
it
Mais
on
a
essayé
de
l'éteindre
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