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!" Floating in the summer sky Ninety-nine red balloons go by ♪ Ninety-nine red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells, it's red alert! There's something here from somewhere else! The war machine it springs to life Opens up one eager eye Focusing it on the sky When ninety-nine red balloons Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day or two Oh the things that you say Is it life or Just to play my worries away You're the things I've got to remember Shying away I'll be coming for you anyway Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day or two ♪ (Woo!) Tu-tu-du-tu-tu (Yeah) This is what we've waited for This is it, boys, this is war The president is on the line As ninety-nine red balloons Take on me (take on) Take me on (take me on) I'll be gone Take on me (take on me) Take me on (take on me) I'll be gone In a day or two ♪ In a day or two