99 red balloons go by 99 red balloons Loaded 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 in on the sky When 99 red balloons go by When 99 red balloons go by 99, this isn't street 99 ministers meet So worry, worry, super scurry Call the troops out in a hurry This is what we waited for This is it, boys, this is war The president is on the line 99 red balloons go by When 99 red balloons go by When 99 red balloons go by When 99 red balloons go by 99, knights of the air Ride super high to jet fighters Everyone's a superhero 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 Everyone a red balloon It's all over, I'm standing 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