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
As 99 red balloons
go by~
99 decision street
99 ministers meet
To worry worry
superscurry
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 luftballons
99 luftballons~
99 dreams
I have had
In every one
a red balloon
It's all over and
I'm standing pretty
In the dust
that was a city
If I could find
a souvenier
Just to prove
the world was here
And here
it is a red balloon
I think of you
and let it go~