Today, I decided to undertake a piece I’ve wanted to do for a while: rewriting the lyrics of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” to fit 2020 events. The original plan was to do every single verse, but I realized that would take me far too long, so instead I just did two. I also linked some articles or additional information about the events within in the song, so just click on the lyric to learn more about it! Finally, linked at the bottom is the full song and actual lyrics.
We Didn’t See This Coming
Aussie fires, drone strike, Covid knowledge starts to spike
WHO called up, royals leave, Iraq base attacked.
Ukraine flight crashes down, impeachment starts and makes Trump frown.
First US covid case in Washington unmasked.
Wuhan closed, chopper crash, UK leaves and EU bashed.
Iowa caucus fails, Senate acquits Trump.
Weinstein jailed, Warren leaves, Italy gets the disease
WHO declares a pandemic, the world gets in a funk, hey!
We didn’t see this coming
All the jokes on New Year’s while we yelled out, “cheers!”
We didn’t see this coming
Is the year over yet, oh what else could come next?
Stock market drops, Japan olympic dreams are popped
1 million marker reached, only on month 4
Knife attack, Wuhan freed, Korea votes, Bernie flees
NYC has record high, the city is at war
Kim Jong Un still alive, New Zealand starts to thrive
Trudeau ban, Slovens bike, Afghanistan back on fight
Hong Kong, Iran ship, Chile police lose their grip
CA fires, Tik tok banned, Kamala Harris in command
We didn’t see this coming
All the jokes on New Year’s while we yelled out, “cheers!”
We didn’t see this coming
Is the year over yet, oh what else could come next?
Link to the actual lyrics and song: https://genius.com/Billy-joel-we-didnt-start-the-fire-lyrics
