you and i in a little toy shop buy a bag of balloons with the money we 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 it springs to life opens up one eager eye focusing it on the sky as 99 red balloons go by 99 decision street 99 ministers meet to worry worry super scurry call out the troops now 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 kriegsminister streichholz und benzinkanister hielten sich fuer schlaue leute witterten schon fette beute riefen krieg und wollten macht mann wer haette das gedacht dass es einmal soweit kommt wegen 99 luftballoons 99 luftballoons 99 dreams i have had in every one a red balloon it s all over and i m standin pretty in the dust that was a city if i could find a souvenir just to prove the world was here here it is a red balloon i think of you and let it go