I'm standing outside on the balcony
Balloon man is pa**ing below
Making his way to the park by the church
He goes where the little ones go
Balloon man's a little bit ragged
His gla**es are slightly askew
One lens is cracked and shoes never match
He might have a screw loose or two
And you're so far away
On the other side of the world
I thought you might like to know
That balloon man lives in it too
His rig is a marvel of equipoise
Leonardo might've designed
Bamboo for the wide horizontal
Pine for the vertical rise
He's wearing in a flag-bearers harness
He's holding the whole thing aloft
Balloons all arrayed, he's a one man parade
If he ran he'd surely take off
And you're so far away
On the other side of the world
I just thought you should know
That balloon man lives in it too
But it's cold up here on the balcony
And it's time that I went back inside
Balloon man waits for the light at the corner
I'll watch til he goes out of sight
But there's a wind that whips round the corner
And he's having a hell of a time
He staggers and it looks like he might just go over
But balloon man he puts up a fight
And you're so far away
On the other side of the world
I just thought you should know
That balloon man lives in it too