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You and I in a little toy shopBuy a bag of balloons with the money we've gotSet them free at the break of dawnTil one by one, they were goneBack at base bugs in the softwareFlash the message, something's out thereFloating in the summer sky99 red balloons go by99 red balloonsFloating in the summer skyPanic bells it's red alertThere's something here from somewhere elseThe war machine springs to lifeOpens up one eager eyeFocusing it on the sky as 99 red balloons go by99 Decision street99 ministers meetTo worry, worry, super scurryCall the troops out in a hurryThis is what we've waited forThis is it boys, this is warThe president is on the lineAs 99 red balloons go by99 knights of the airRide super high tech jet fightersEveryone's a super hero Everyone's a Captain KirkWith orders to identifyTo clarify, and classifyScramble in the summer sky99 red balloons go by99 dreams I have had In every one a red balloonIt's all over and I'm standing prettyIn this dust that was a cityIf I could find a souvenirJust to prove the world was hereAnd here is a red balloonI think of you, and let it go