We didn’t start the fire. It was always burning, since the world's been turning. Just ask Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China or Johnnie Ray. Songwriters can’t get away from fire metaphors and imagery.
Syracuse, N.Y. - As a brush fire burned just outside NBT Bank Stadium on Thursday night, staff played Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” over the loudspeakers. But they did start the fire. The ...