Red Balloon

[Intro]
Excuse me
Excuse me
Yeah, you
Excuse me, excuse me...

[Verse 1]
Excuse me, I'm looking for my childhood
I remember back when everything was all good
Now it's hard to stay sane searching for a new name
But I stay afloat in the stream like we all should
I used to love the cool summer breeze
And grey days with leaves falling off the trees
Now I know what I miss, I can't hold in my fist
But one last touch would set me free
Somebody set me free from this trap that you all call the real world
It's all old, but in my heart I'm still young
And my soul says that I should have fun
But to have one you gotta have some kind of billfold
To survive, they say you have to have a job you hate
9 to 5 every day, pushing you closer to the grave
What do we throw, and what do we save?
What do we know, well, what are we waiting for?
Lets lay on our backs and talk about the cloud's shapes
I know all the different memories afloat in the sky
The ones of the earliest years catch my eye
And as you grow, you find new hills to climb
But there's nothing like doing something for the first time
Yeah, now instead of the sky, I look at the ceiling
Just trying to get a good feeling
So if you talk and I'm giggling, it's not 'cos I'm not listening
I'm just trying to be a kid again

[Chorus]
Filling up these notebooks, looking for my childhood
Staring at the sunset, looking for my childhood
Flowing with the music, looking for my childhood
Walking through this cold world, keep looking for my childhood

But were did it go?
(I don't know, it just disappeared)
But were did it go?
(I don't know, last time I checked it was here)
But were did it go?
(I don't know, it just disappeared)
But were did it go?
(Man I don't know, somebody must have stole my red balloon)

[Verse 2]
And if I never get anything, at least my name's common enough
To always be on the souvenir license plates
The sign says walk and yet they tried to cut me off
Cos I was wrong when I thought pedestrians had the right of way
In the scent of my innocence, pretense are a percentage of resent for my indolence
But I give me credit for everything that I finished without a footstep to follow
The walls are full of color, yet the ground is so hollow
So what happened to the happiness we had inhabited?
The magic averages at zero when we stop our imagination
Start with the education, stifling the childhood
I'd turn us all back into children if I could

I'd turn us all back into children if I could
I'd turn us all back into children if I could
I'd turn us all back into children if I could
And lead us all to play in the woods

[Chorus]
Filling up these notebooks, looking for my childhood
Staring at the sunset, looking for my childhood
Flowing with the music, looking for my childhood
Walking through this cold world, keep looking for my childhood

But were did it go?
(I don't know man, it just disappeared)
But were did it go?
(I - I don't know, last time I checked it was here)
But were did it go?
(Yo, I don't know man, it just disappeared)
But were did it go?
(Yo, I don't know, somebody must have stole my red balloon)

[Verse 3]
(Excuse me, excuse me)
Excuse me, have you seen my red balloon?
I need to catch up with it pretty soon
It makes me complete, while I have a heartbeat
I plan on flying with it to the moon
Why's everybody acting like they grown up?
In a big rush to take on responsibility
I'm telling 'em "stay young 'cos the day will come
And when it does, you can't surrender willingly"

Now if they're feeling me or not, still, I gotta get my point across
The coin is tossed into the air into a void of loss
I call both heads and tails, address the trail, and set my sails
But I wanna have fun, I wanna live like there ain't no tomorrow
With no consequences to my actions, concentrating on my passions
Laughing at the ripples in the lake from the rocks I threw
The innocence of not knowing what's labelled impossible
The curiosity that killed Schrodinger's cat
Was the only thing that kept him alive, matter of fact
I wanna wonder, wanna be scared of the thunder
In the dark and the figments of my mind that live under my bed
But nowadays your monsters can't be ignored
They demand full attention, and cause inner war
For 18 birthdays I felt fine
But I lost my childhood somewhere down the line

For 18 birthdays I felt fine
But I lost my childhood somewhere down the line
I lost my childhood somewhere down the line
I lost my childhood somewhere down the line

[Chorus]
Filling up these notebooks, looking for my childhood
Staring at the sunset, looking for my childhood
Flowing with the music, looking for my childhood
Walking through this cold world, looking for my childhood

But were did it go?
(I don't know man, it just disappeared)
But were did it go?
(Yo, I don't know, last time I checked it was here)
But were did it go?
(Yo, I don't know man, it just disappeared)
But were did it go?
(I don't know, somebody must have stole my red balloon)