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 gone
Back at base, boxin' the software
Flash the message, something's out there
Floatin' in the summer sky
Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine red balloons floatin' in the summer sky
Panic bells,
it's weather alert There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye
Keep focusing it on the sky Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine decisions treed Ninety-nine ministers meet
To worry,
worry,
super scaring 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 Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine 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 Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine dreams I have had And everyone a red balloon
I'm standing pretty In this dust that was a city
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