We Didn't Start the Fire (1990-2020)

(Verse 1) Berlin Wall fell, Mandela's free, Gulf War raged, tech boom spree, Nelson Mandela, apartheid's end, Internet's birth, a global trend. O.J. Simpson trial, grunge rock rise, Hubble telescope, opening skies, Y2K panic, dot-com bubble burst, Princess Diana's tragic hearse. (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. (Verse 2) Clinton's scandal, impeachment woes, Euro currency, new highs and lows, 9/11 terror, Twin Towers fall, Afghanistan, Iraq, war's cruel call. iPhone launches, social media's sway, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans' dismay, Financial crisis, Lehman Brothers' fall, Obama's hope, "Yes, we can" call. (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. (Verse 3) Arab Spring uprising, Tahrir Square, Fukushima disaster, nuclear scare, Brexit chaos, EU's divide, Climate change protests, Greta's stride. Ebola outbreak, global health alarm, SpaceX rockets, Mars' distant charm, Black Lives Matter, justice sought, Zoom calls, pandemic life we've got.