99 Red / Luftballoons Lyrics

You and I and 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, sparks in the software flash the
message, "Something's out there." Floating in the
summer sky, ninety-nine red balloons go by.
Ninety-nine red balloons, floating in the summer
sky. Panic bells, 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, ninety-nine red balloons
go by.
Ninety-nine Decisions treat, ninety-nine 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 ninety-nine red balloons go by.

Ninety-nine knights of the air, ride
super-high-tech jet fighters. Everyone's a super
hero, everyone's a Captain Kirk. With orders to
identify, to clarify and classify. Scramble in
the summer sky, as ninety-nine red balloons go by.
Ninety-nine red balloons go by.

Ninety-nine dreams I have had, every one a red
ballon. Now it's all over and I'm standin' 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.