99 Red Balloons

You and I in a little toy shop Buy a bag of balloons with the money weve got Set them free at the break of dawn Till one by one, they were gone Back at base bugs in the software Flash the message, somethings out there Floating in the summer sky 99 red balloons go by 99 red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells its red alert Theres something here from somewhere else The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye Focusing it on the sky as 99 red balloons go by 99 decisions treat 99 ministers meet To worry, worry, super scurry Call the troops out in a hurry This is what weve waited for This is it boys, this is war The president is on the line As 99 red balloons go by 99 knights of the air Ride super high tech jet fighters Everyones a super hero Everyones a Captain Kirk With orders to identify To clarify, and classify Scramble in the summer sky 99 red balloons go by 99 dreams I have had In every one a red balloon Its all over and Im standing pretty In this dust that was a city If I could find a souvenir Just to prove the world was here And here is a red balloon I think of you, and let it go