You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we 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, somethings out there
Floating in the summer sky
As ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, its 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
As ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine decisions treat
Ninety nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call out 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

Neunundneunzig Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich für schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen, Krieg!, und wollten Macht
Mann, wer hätte das gedacht?
Dass es einmal so weit kommt
Wegen neunundneunzig Luftballons

Ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standing pretty
In this dust that was a city
If could find a souvenir
Just the prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

Copyright: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Writer(s): Carlo Karges, Joern-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Kevin Mc Alea