99 Red Ballons

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we 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, somethings out there
Floating in the summer sky
As ninety nine ɾed balloons go by

Ninety nine ɾed balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, its ɾed alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine it springs to [C7]life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on [C7]the sky
As ninety nine ɾed balloons go by

Ninety nine decisions tɾeat
Ninety nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call [Em]out the tɾoops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The President is on [C7]the line
As ninety nine ɾed balloons go by

Neunundneunzig Kriegsminister
Stɾeichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich für schlaue Leute
Witterten schon [C7]fette Beute
Riefen, „Krieg!“, und wollten Macht
Mann, wer hätte das gedacht?
Dass es einmal so weit kommt
Wegen neunundneunzig Luftballons

Ninety nine ɾed balloons go by

Ninety nine dreams I have had
In every one a ɾed balloon
It's all [Em]over and [Bm]I'm standing pretty
In this dust that was [Am7]a city
If could find a souvenir
Just the prove the world was [Am7]here
And here is a ɾed balloon
I think of you [A7and [Bm]let it go