"I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" Words and Music by Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjemen and Eddie Durham.Cherio Music Publishers, NYC, 1941. From the Popular American Sheet Music Collection, Miller Nichols Library, Univeristy of Missouri Real Audio sound file of the Ink Spots' Fall 1941 version of the song The "song [was] first introduced by another African-American group - Harlan Leonard and his Kansas City Rockets. After Pearl Harbor (December 7), and resonating with that event, Horace Heidt's version went to no. 1 on the charts. [— Kelly McEniry, Marr Sound Archives. Sound link from Marr Sound Archives, Miller Nichols Library.] I don't want to set the world on fire I just want to start A flame in your heart In my heart I have but one desire And that one is you No other will do I've lost all ambition for worldly acclaim I just want to be the one you love And with your admission that you feel the same I'll have reached the goal I'm dreaming of Believe me! I don't want to set the world on fire I just want to start A flame in your heart