99 Red Balloons

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 When 99 red balloons go by When 99 red balloons go by When 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 When 99 red balloons go by When 99 red balloons go by 99 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 99 red balloons go by 99 dreams I have had, every one a red balloon Its 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