You and I in a little toy shop
I 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 ballons 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
99 red balloons go by

99 decision street
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call 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 99 red balloons go by

99 knights of the air
Ride super high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a silver 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
And every one a red ballon
It's all over and I'm standing pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go


picture based on "99 luftballons" (99 red balloons) originally sung in german by Nena (there is an english version). While the song is amusing in the front, it actually sends an interesting message. Too bad a lot of it was lost in translation...

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