[Verse 1]

          
You and I in a

 little toy sh

op
      
buy a bag of b

alloons with
    
the money we'v

e got
             
Set them free 

  
at the break o

f dawn
             
Til one by one

   
 they were gon

e
         
Back at base b

ugs in the sof

tware
             
Flash the mess

     
age Something'

s out there
           
Floating in th

e summer sky
  
99 red balloon

s go by

[Instrumental]
   

[Verse 2]

         
99 red balloon

s
             
floating in th

     
e summer sky
             
Panic bells, i

  
t's red alert
             
There's someth

              
ing here from 


somewhere else
             
The war machin

   
e springs to l

ife
             
Opens up one e

 
ager eye
           
Focusing it on

 the sky
      
As 99 red ball

oons go by.

[Instrumental]
   

[Verse 3]

   
99 Decision St

reet,
  
99 ministers m

eet
             
To worry, worr

    
y, super-scurr

y
             
Call out the t

          
roops now in a

 hurry
             
This is what w

      
e've waited fo

r
             
This is it boy

     
s, this is war
             
The president 

      
is on the line
      
As 99 red ball

oons go by.

[Instrumental]
   

[Verse 4]

             
Neun-­und-­neu

   
nzig Kriegsmin

ister
             
Streichholz un

  
d Benzinkanist

er
             
Hielten sich f

     
uer schlaue Le

ute
             
Witterten scho

  
n fette Beute
             
Riefen: Krieg 

     
und wollten Ma

cht
             
Mann, wer haet

   
te das gedacht
             
Dass es einmal

  
 soweit kommt
             
Wegen neun-­un

         
d-­neunzig Luf

tballons

[Instrumental]
   
   
C (Single stru

m)

[Verse 5]
(Single strums)

   
99 dreams I ha

ve had
             
In every one a

      
 red balloon
             
It's all over 

        
and I'm standi

n' pretty
             
In the dust th

    
at was a city
             
If I could fin

     
d a souvenier
             
Just to prove 

    
the world was 

here...
             
And here it is

    
, a red balloo

n
             
I think of you

     
 and let it go

.

(End with a single C)