
"Ryan Started the Fire" is a song sung by Dwight in the fourth episode of season two, "The Fire", after the news broke that Ryan Howard had started the fire by putting pita, set on the oven setting, in the toaster-oven. This song is a parody of Billy Joel's 1989 song "We Didn't Start the Fire ".
Lyrics[]
Ryan started the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
Full-length version[]
In 2009, a fan-made full-length version of the song was uploaded to YouTube.[1] Because the video used clips from the TV show, it was taken down as a copyright violation less than a year later. In 2010 an edited version was uploaded which removed much of the song (clocking in at 3:57 as compared to the original's 5:20) and replaced the TV show clips with still frames, presumably to avoid the copyright issue. In 2018 another YouTuber ripped the full version of the song from archive.org and uploaded it to YouTube, presumably under the assumption that since it had been five years since The Office was cancelled and the last of the DVD boxed sets was released, there would be relatively little threat of it being again flagged for copyright.
The lyrics are below:
Ryan Howard, Holly Flax, David Wallace, Future Fax
Jim Halpert, Dwight Schrute, mustard yellow shirt
Creed Bratton, Michael Scott, Darryl's cool, Toby's not
Workspace, not an office, everybody hurts
Elizabeth the whore, Todd Packer, Sith lord,
Hunter, that one night, you made everything all right
Water mark, fun run, beer me, Stamford's done
It's not Dwigt, it's Dwight, Stanley's gonna be all right
Ryan started the fire
It just started burning,
Hey the temp's still learning
Ryan started the fire
But he didn't hide it
Because Dwight did find it
Woman's suit, green flute, breast enhancement lawsuit
Penises on the brain, motel art, carpet stain
Stapler in Jell-O, I'm coming out hetero,
TMI, MRI, making love in the rain
Fireside confessions, valuable life lessons,
Foreman grill, Dwight's speech, isn't this a nude beach?
Singing a cappella, under my Angerella,
Sandals, I have worms, Utica branch breach
Borientation, sales initiation,
Chicken teriyaki, I'll have some nagasaki
Abercrombie and Fitch, just hug it out bitch,
Do my laundry, don't enter without knocking
CHORUS
That's what she said, squeaky chair, bobble head, health care,
Sprinkles, Bandit, throwing stars, liars don't have Mounds bars
Bleeding nipples, Carol Stills, baby picture, rabies kills,
Bob Vance, fired Roy, and a kidnapped pizza boy
Pamalamadingdong, are you a fan of William Hung?
Fire crawl, hate ball, insults in the bathroom stall
Beet farm, false alarm, women have weak arms
While today it is me, soon we all shall fall
CHORUS
Sugar boobs, Da Vinci Code, are you calling me a ho?
Dwight you ignorant slut, Stanley nickels, Schrute bucks
Billy Merchant, yogurt caps, hidden weapons, email taps,
Dinner party, business school, pencil fence, gimme knocks
That cheesy pita's toasted, oh boom, roasted!
Oscar is really gay, I love Pretzel Day
Oven mitt or iPod, Ben Franklin's lightning rod,
It's Meredith's birthday, I know why Oscar's “sick” today
CHORUS
Watch out a bat's on the loose, hello are you Mother Goose?
Unshun, reshun, cripples can't call shotgun,
For you babe, complain file, keep your foot out of the aisle,
I love inside jokes, someday I'll be a part of one
Booze cruise, broken hip, Nard Dog, paper clips
Have you seen Jan's boobs? Look, Ryan's on YouTube
Ed Truck is outta luck, careful Dwight's got nun chucks,
Party Planning Committee, try my cookie cookie
Gimli – nerd, commanding third, look Toby killed a bird,
Hey it's Scrantonicity, Pam Beesly will you marry me?
CHORUS
The IT guy's a terrorist, careful don't get Andy pissed,
That says California roll, my ho ain’t my ho no mo
Foot butter, power trip, Call of Duty, Herr's chips,
Jail photo, Kevin's slow, extra dough, crossbow
Phyllis flashed, Martin Nash, Kevin's M&M stash,
Ungrateful beeyotch hotline, boy have you lost your mind?
Dumb or fat? What's a text? Spiderface, who's jinxed next?
Sushi bar, CIA, gaydar, hate crime
Does the carpet match the drapes? Can you make a wooden stake?
Second life, I was raped, making near-death will tapes
Mexican lemonade, the world needs a new plague,
Falling into a lake, that Ben Franklin is a fake!
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References[]
- ↑ Lyons, Margaret (February 19, 2009). "The Office Fan Video: Ryan Started the Fire", Entertainment Weekly.