Ruby waits for Oswald who's bound for county jail
Thinks buddy life's the coffin, I'm just your final nail
Maybe all the world's a stage, they say, though we rarely choose the rolls
From the halls of the Kremlin down to the Grassy Knoll
Little blue balloon in a big blue sky
Goodbye, balloon, goodbye
When I was five my daddy bought a helium balloon
But I let it go and watched to see if it could reach the moon
He slapped me once and told me, son, the things you're born to do
Sometimes you find they're bound to go on even without you
Little blue balloon, in a big blue sky
Goodbye, balloon, goodbye
Your mother called you Harvey
And she told you not to dream
The kids all called me Sparky
Cuz I was quick and I was mean
There's a story no one's written
Though it's countless times retold
And it changes with the telling
Like a game of telephone
Ruby looks at Oswald and steps up through the crowd
Sometimes the things you never say will echo twice as loud
Hey buddy, we can't help it, rumors do what rumors do
So let's get on with this dance the world has saved for me and you
Little blue balloon, in a big blue sky
Goodbye, balloon, goodbye