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Red Balloon
Mia Moore
Written with & for Taylor Moore, age 4

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I want to ride on a red balloon
I want to ride on a red balloon
I'll go so high up in the sky
Just look at me
Now I can fly—
But I'll be home
to kiss you goonight.

I want to ride on a pirate ship
I want to ride on a pirate ship
I'll be the captain of the sea
The mates will all look up to me—
But I'll be home
to kiss you goodnight.

I want to ride on the wings of a kite
I want to ride on the wings of a kite
I'll go so high across the sky
The birds will hush as I go by—
But I'll be home
to kiss you goodnight.

I want to ride on a choo-choo train
I want to ride on a choo-choo train
The tracks will take me far away
And bring me home again to stay—
Yes I'll be home
to kiss you goodnight.

[Caden's Verse 2o16]
I want to ride in a camping truck
I want to ride in a camping truck
I'll drive so far across the states,
Across the land and hills and lakes,
But I'll be home
to kiss you goodnight
.

I want to rock in your arms tonight
I want to rock in your arms tonight
It's good to know that I have you
And you have me to come home to—
And I'll be there to kiss you goodnight,
And you'll be there to kiss me goodnight.


1989


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