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The Lyrics to the Billy Joel Song "We Didn't Start the Fire" If They Were Written by a Muskrat Instead of by Billy Joel.

BY DAVID LITT

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Get born, eat eat eat, eat eat eat, eat eat eat
Eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat

Eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat
Eat eat eat eat, eat eat sleep eat, eat eat eat eat

Eat eat eat, eat eat, eat eat eat, eat eat eat
Eat eat, eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat eat

Eat eat eat eat, eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat eat eat, eat squeek eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat

CHORUS

Eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat, eat eat and eat eat eat eat
Eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat

Eat eat, eat eat eat, eat fight eat eat, eat eat
Eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat

Eat eat, eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat eat eat, look around, eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat

Eat eat, eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat, eat eat
Eat eat eat, eat eat eat, mate eat eat eat eat eat

CHORUS

Eat eat eat, eat eat eat, eat poop eat eat, eat eat eat
Eat eat, eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat

Eat eat eat, flee eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat eat, eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat eat eat, eat eat, eat eat eat, eat eat eat
Eat eat eat, eat eat, mate eat eat eat eat-eat

Eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat

Eat eat eat eat, offspring, eat eat eat eat eat eat

CHORUS

Eat eat eat, eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat, eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat

Eat eat eat eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat, eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat, mate again, eat eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat eat, eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat eat

CHORUS

Eat eat eat, have more young, eat eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat, eat eat, eat jump eat, eat eat
Eat eat, eat poop, eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat
Eat eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat eat

Eat eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat
Eat eat eat, eat eat eat, eat, eat, fall down eat
Eat eat eat eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat sleep eat eat
Eat eat eat eat eat eat eat, eat eat eat eat eat eat die

CHORUS

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