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
Ninety-nine
red balloons go by
Ninety-nine 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
as ninety-nine
red balloons go by
Ninety-nine
decision street
Ninety-nine
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 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
Neunundneunzig
luftballons
Ninety-nine
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 souvenir
just to prove
the world was here
Here it is a red balloon
I think of you
and let it go