Giant Red Balloon lyrics

When trouble comes a-calling

Knocking at your door

It all looks so familiar:

You’ve seen it all before

Somehow you always made it through

Keep it all in mind:

You know it always passes by

You can leave it all behind

Play the hand you’re given

Don’t give them any slack

‘Cause every time you get knocked down

It's harder getting back

Forget the ones who hurt you

The ones who knocked you down

Everybody pays the price

When it all gets turned around

There’s a new day a-dawning

And it’s coming for you soon

You’re gonna look down on that city

From a giant red balloon

Look at all those people:

They’ve got their feet down on the ground

They took their souls and left them

In the local lost and found

One by one, they torched their dreams

Or watched them pass away

Stood there on the corner

And watched them passing by

There’s a new day a-dawning

And it’s coming for you soon

You’re gonna look down on that city

From a giant red balloon

You’re looking to the future

Following the sun

Taking every day

Like it’s only just begun

You have to make it count

'Cause you know it’s over soon

Ain’t you glad you got a ticket

For that giant red balloon?

There’s a new day a-dawning

And it’s coming for you soon

You’re gonna look down on that city

From a giant red balloon