I’ve been chasing a cranberry red balloon
Jumping and racing through town all afternoon
Across the boulevard, past the junkyard
And the dog as it barks
Down alleyways, under skyways
Through the pigeons in the park

I just can’t grab the string of the cranberry red balloon
I’m beginning to think it’s easier to rope the moon
On my tiptoes, then the wind blows
And it’s lost in the trees
Then it sails high through the blue sky
As it’s riding the breeze

But the sun’s going down on the cranberry red balloon
I’ll be gone too long if I don’t catch it soon

I finally caught it, the cranberry red balloon
And I’ve got it at the top of my bedroom
But it just hangs there and I just lay here
Staring out at the day
Think I’ll open up my windows
And just let it float away

I’ve been chasing a cranberry red balloon
Jumping and racing through town all afternoon
Across the boulevard, past the junkyard
And the dog as it barks
Down alleyways, under skyways
Through the pigeons in the park