We Did It for the Show (The Ballad of Balloon Boy)

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WE DID IT FOR THE SHOW
(THE BALLAD OF BALLOON BOY)
John Soeder
© 2009

Quick
Turn on the TV
Now did you ever see
Anything so extraordinary
Flying saucer
Flying high
In the October sky
Balloon Boy wave bye bye

They’ll see
They’ll see
They all will see
The whole world will look up to me
What goes up
Must go down in history
All systems go
We’ll do it for the show
To each his own reality

Did you ever have a day
When nothing went your way
And you just wanted to float away
Say a prayer
For the boy in the air
And God help
The kids
Down here

They’ll see
They’ll see
They all will see
The whole world will look up to me
What goes up
Must go down in history
All systems go
We’re doing it for the show
To each his own reality

(Show me)

Fly away
Far away
Balloon Boy fly away

What goes up
Must come down
And everything you do comes back around
What goes up
Must come down
Not a trace of him could be found
What goes up
Must come down
And everything you do comes back around
What goes up
Must come down
Balloon Boy never left the ground

You’ll see
You’ll see
You’ll all see
The whole world’s out to get me
Now what went down
Will live on in infamy
If you really must know
Yeah
We did it for the show
Now leave us alone
To each his own reality

What goes up
Must come down
Everything you do comes back around
Balloon Boy fly away

What goes up
Must come down
Everything you do comes back around
Balloon Boy fly away

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from SELF-TITLED DEBUT, released November 10, 2009
music & lyrics by John Soeder

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