99 Red Balloons

by Nena - 2002

♫ Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer-songwriter, actress, and comedian who rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with whom she released the song. The re-recording of some of her old songs rekindled her career in 2002. In 2007, she co-founded Neue Schule Hamburg.

Lyrics

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 Till one by one they were gone Back at base, sparks 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, its red alert There's something here from somewhere else The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye And focusing it on the sky The ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine decisions treat Ninety nine ministers meet To worry, worry, super scurry Call the troops out in a hurry 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 go by Ninety nine knights of the air Ride super high-tech jet fighters Everyone's a super hero Everyone's a Captain Kirk With orders to identify To clarify and classify Scrambling the summer sky