99 Red Balloons

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" Floatin' in the summer sky as 99 red balloons go by 99 red balloons floatin' in the summer sky Panic bells, it's red alert There's somethin' here from somewhere else The war machine, it springs to life Opens up one eager eye And focusin' it on the sky as 99 red balloons go by 99 Decision Street, 99 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 99 red balloons go by 99 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 99 Luftballons? 99 Luftballons go by! 99 dreams I have had In every one, a red balloon It's all over, and I'm standin' pretty In the dust that was a city If I could find a souvenir Just to prove the world was here Then here it is, a red balloon I think of you and let it go