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 til one by one they were 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 bells it s 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 where 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 knights of the air ride super high tech jet fighters everyone s a superhero everyone s a captain kirk with orders to identify to clarify and classify scramble in the summer sky as 99 red balloons go by 99 dreams i have had in every one a red balloon it s all over and i m standin pretty in this dust that was a city if i could find a souvenier just to prove the world was here and here is a red balloon i think of you and let it go