99 Red Balloons

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, bugs in the software Flash the message, "Some thing's out there" Floating in the summer sky Ninety-nine red balloons go by Ninety-nine red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic lads, 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 Decision Street Ninety-nine ministers meet To worry, worry, super-scurry Call the troops out in a hurry This is what we've waiting 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 Riding super high-tech jet fighters Everyone's a super hero Everyone's a Captain Kirk With orders to identify, to clarify and cla*sify Scrambling 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 balloon 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