Twitter user rewrites Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire'

LA podcast host, play-write and comedy writer Kate Langsdorf (aka @hipster_mother) took to Twitter on Friday and delivered an updated re-write of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' from the 1989 album, Storm Front. Langsdorf reportedly reached out to Joel with the request to update the lyrics but when he declined she took it upon herself on Friday morning to have a go at the lyrics for the current state of things in 2019. Seems accurate Kate, yep.
Carol Channing, TSA, Red Finch, PM May
North Atlantic Treaty Org. and Michelangelo.
Mitch McConnell, Richard Nixon, Huckabee on Television
North Korea, Syria, Nairobi and Beto.
Rosenstein, Steve King, hamberder from Burger King
Kondo, FBI, "Raiser in the Toilet" Guy.
Deripaska, viral egg, kittens with bubonic plague
Mar-A-Lago, Puerto Rico, Tom Marino goodbye!
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.
Michael Flynn and Trump Hotel, little boy in Spanish well
Eight-hundred-thousand furloughed (many working off the clock).
Kremlin calling on the phone, Guiliani, Michael Cohen
Jar-ed Kush-ner, Chris Christie's gonna talk.
Feinstein, John Dean, Clemson has the winning team
Mick Mulvaney, Lindsey Graham, Chuck and Nancy, Gillibrand
Bill Barr! Bird Box! Sherrod Brown and Jayme Closs!
Mueller's fate, Watergate, trouble in the Caliphate!
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.
Boxing glove! Chechnya! Lin-Manuel Miranda!
Coast Guard, A.O.C., Bridge explodes in Tappan Zee!
Kamala, Karen Pence, maybe the wall’s just a fence?
Brexit, L.A. Unified, children at the border died.
Lizzie Warren, Biden; straw polls are excitin’
Iowa, Castro, Bernie is a no-go.
Manbij, Cardi B., Klobuchar and R. Kelly
Bryan Cranston, Iran, Belgium to Afghanistan.
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
Manafort, Adam Schiff, perfect circle ice drift
CODEL, Katie Hill, Walmart-bag campaigning grift.
No State of the Union, sanctions & Mnuchin
ISIS, Oscars host, Chief Advisor: Nixon’s Ghost.
Space Force, perjury, missile-defense strategy!
Michael Pence is anti-gay; what else do I have to say?
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.
Alpha Bank! Van Der Zwaan! Steve Scalise and Kellyanne!
7 Rings, “Godman” Singh, Steny Hoyer, ICE Marine!
Miley Cyrus, moon eclipse, obstruction of justice
Russian oligarchs on yacht, Belarusian model caught.
Tulsi Gabbard, online trolls, shutdown clock and doctored polls
Foreign foes, Bernie bros, fentanyl, what Mueller knows.
Lack of shutdown compromise, Michael Cohen’s mounting lies
Louis C.K, border wall, I can't take it anymore.
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on.
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.
North Atlantic Treaty Org. and Michelangelo.
Mitch McConnell, Richard Nixon, Huckabee on Television
North Korea, Syria, Nairobi and Beto.
Rosenstein, Steve King, hamberder from Burger King
Kondo, FBI, "Raiser in the Toilet" Guy.
Deripaska, viral egg, kittens with bubonic plague
Mar-A-Lago, Puerto Rico, Tom Marino goodbye!
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.
Michael Flynn and Trump Hotel, little boy in Spanish well
Eight-hundred-thousand furloughed (many working off the clock).
Kremlin calling on the phone, Guiliani, Michael Cohen
Jar-ed Kush-ner, Chris Christie's gonna talk.
Feinstein, John Dean, Clemson has the winning team
Mick Mulvaney, Lindsey Graham, Chuck and Nancy, Gillibrand
Bill Barr! Bird Box! Sherrod Brown and Jayme Closs!
Mueller's fate, Watergate, trouble in the Caliphate!
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.
Boxing glove! Chechnya! Lin-Manuel Miranda!
Coast Guard, A.O.C., Bridge explodes in Tappan Zee!
Kamala, Karen Pence, maybe the wall’s just a fence?
Brexit, L.A. Unified, children at the border died.
Lizzie Warren, Biden; straw polls are excitin’
Iowa, Castro, Bernie is a no-go.
Manbij, Cardi B., Klobuchar and R. Kelly
Bryan Cranston, Iran, Belgium to Afghanistan.
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
Manafort, Adam Schiff, perfect circle ice drift
CODEL, Katie Hill, Walmart-bag campaigning grift.
No State of the Union, sanctions & Mnuchin
ISIS, Oscars host, Chief Advisor: Nixon’s Ghost.
Space Force, perjury, missile-defense strategy!
Michael Pence is anti-gay; what else do I have to say?
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.
Alpha Bank! Van Der Zwaan! Steve Scalise and Kellyanne!
7 Rings, “Godman” Singh, Steny Hoyer, ICE Marine!
Miley Cyrus, moon eclipse, obstruction of justice
Russian oligarchs on yacht, Belarusian model caught.
Tulsi Gabbard, online trolls, shutdown clock and doctored polls
Foreign foes, Bernie bros, fentanyl, what Mueller knows.
Lack of shutdown compromise, Michael Cohen’s mounting lies
Louis C.K, border wall, I can't take it anymore.
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning.
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on.
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.
Watch Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' from 1989
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