Red Balloon

Story Behind The Song

I met a mother and her precious, beautiful child who escaped the realities of abuse through fantasy and trying to make herself as non-obscure as possible so as not to be noticed. I helped them to find a path away from that nightmare, and I wrote a song about it.

Song Description

A ballad about how a little girl lets a red balloon take her far away from the reality of an abusive family setting.

Song Length 4:07 Genre Country - General, Country - Contemporary
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood In High Spirits, Joyful Subject Courage, Dysfunctional Family

Lyrics

She was only 6 or 7,
She had nothing else to lose,
She untied the yellow ribbon
That her momma tied too loose,

Then they stood there by the ocean,
As her daydream flew away,
Momma dried her crocodile tears,
And they just stood there laughin'...

Chorus:
Fly away red balloon,
Take a little piece of me and put me on the moon,
Fly away red balloon,
I can't go with you to heaven
'cause it's just a bit too soon...

She was only 6 or 7,
But she saw her momma's pain,
And the bad man promised every night,
But things just never changed,

So she tried to be a good girl,
Tried to make herself so small,
That the bad man wouldn't ever have
A thing to say at all, oh, no...

Chorus:

Instrumental

Chorus:

Lyrics MANNIS Music MANNIS
Producer MANNIS Performance MANNIS
This track is on 2 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
dracnip Mannis Music 3/10/2017
Mannis My Top Songs 4/14/2016

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