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Nena – 99 Luftballons Lyrics 20 years ago
Direct English translation:

If you have some time for me
Then I'll sing a song for you
About 99 balloons
On their way to the horizon
Perhaps you think of me a bit
Then I'll sing a song for you
About 99 balloons
And that something [the war] comes from such a thing [the balloons]

99 balloons
On their way to the horizon
Seemed like UFOs from space
So a general sent
A flying squad out there
To raise the alarm if it were true
Yet there on the horizon were
Only 99 balloons

99 jet hunters
Each one was a great warrior
Thought that there were Captain Kirk
There were great fireworks
The neighbors didn't understand anything
And felt immediately "pissed off"/provoked
Yet there they shot on the horizon
At 99 balloons

99 war ministers
Matches and petrol cans
Thought that they were clever people
Already smelled greasy loot
Shouted: War, and wanted power
Man, who would have thought
That one day it would come to this
Because of 99 balloons

99 years of war
Don't leave a place for victors
There are no ministers any more
No jet engines either
Today I'm doing my rounds
Seeing the world lying in ruins
Found a balloons
Think of you and let it fly

Thanks to Siobhán Silke

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