99 Red Balloons

You and I in a little toy shop Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got Set them free at the break of dawn Till one by one, they were all gone Back at base, bugs in the software Flash the message "something's out there" Floating in the summer sky 99 red balloons go by 99 red balloons floating in the summer sky Panic lights, it's a red alert There's something here from somewhere else The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye Focusing it on the sky 99 red balloons go by 99 Decision Street, 99 ministers meet To worry, worry, super-scurry Call the troops out in a hurry This is what we've waited for This is it, boys, this is war The president is on the line As 99 red balloons go by 99 red balloons go by As 99 red balloons go by 99 dreams I have had Every one a red balloon It's all over, I'm standing pretty In this dust that was our city If I could find one souvenir Just to prove the world was here Here it is, a red balloon And I think of you and let it go