Red Balloons

	  		
Am                                    C 
There's a string wrapped around my finger 
             F               E 
It's getting tighter every day 
And it just goes on forever 
It's wrapped around every word you said 

F                    C 
It's like a memory, a shoebox in my mind 
E                  Am           
Calling out to me to open up and look inside 
It makes me believe and all we could've been 
But all the things we were is just me imagining 

Am                     C 
Take these red balloons 
                F    E 
And watch them fly away 
Am                  C 
I'm untying my heart 
            F    E 
And letting go today 

E                  Am             C 
Time has come for me to see the truth 
              F 
Walk up to the edge 
E 
I'm letting go 
              Am 
Of these red balloons 

There's a shadow when I walk forward 
And it keeps trying to hold me back 
I can cry at the strangest moments 
Reminding me of what I can't have 

Don't wanna find even 
All we could've been 
Cause I'm so tired of 
Everything I'm imagining 

Take these red balloons 
And watch them fly away 
I'm untying my heart 
And letting go today 

Time has come for me to see the truth 
Walk up to the edge 
I'm letting go 
Of these red balloons 

F 
The child in me 
C 
Wants to run and collect 
E 
Every single balloon 
Am 
I'll never forget 

The child in me 
Wants to live in a dream 
Of carousels 
And wishing wells 

Take these red balloons 
And watch them fly away 
I'm untying my heart 
And letting go today 

Cause every single dream in the past 
Does nothing for me but hold me back 
Time has come for me to see the truth 
I walk up to the edge and let go of these red balloons 

Red balloons, red balloons, red balloons 
Has been blown away 
Tears are in my eyes 
I say... goodbye