When your brother and his raisin jack Blow up in the yard And the elephants refuse to honk Just to break your heart Balloon When your friends tell you you're not the same Grapefruit skies allow Tears of gold bought any happiness You must yell out loud Balloon Quiet shrouds the world below And people crowd the moon While mobs advance a stupid tune With a shout or moan Balloon And when the pilot drops you on the ground That old familiar thud Still the planets in the useful dark Rise above the crud Balloon Quiet clouds the world below People crowd th moi When the pilot hits the ground That old familiar tune When the racoon steals the cheese behind Pandora's other box Or the one you love is shopping for A helm that's made of rocks Balloon