Kinks, The - Loony Balloon Lyrics






The world's spinning round like a looney balloon
Heading for a collision with Saturn and Mars
And we're narrowly missing the man in the moon,
Spinning out of control crashing into the stars.
Have we all lost our gravity, reason and sanity?
Is this the price that we pay?
Have we now lost our way on this looney balloon?

Drift away, just drift away.
It's so easy to just drift away.
Drift away, just drift away.
Drifting away on this looney balloon.

The air is running out, the computer's gone down.
The mechanic just panicked, he's nowhere to be found.
So automatic control is just spinning us round
No point screaming in space, you just can't hear a sound.
Now the pilot's gone mad, he just jumped overboard
With a lunatic smile on his face
And he laughed as he cut the umbilical chord
Now he's drifting forever in space.

Drift away, just drift away.
It's so easy to just drift away.
Drift away, just drift away
Drifting away on this looney balloon.
We're out of control on this looney balloon
Narrowly missing the planets and stars.
Even optimists say that it's all gloom and doom.
We've got to get somewhere or hit something soon.
First class and economy, we all played the game
For selfish profit and gain.
So together we'll all go insane on this looney balloon.

Drift away, hey, just drift away,
Drifting away on this looney balloon.
Drift away, hey, just drift away.
Drifting away on this looney balloon.
Drift away, hey,
Drift away. Drift away.





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  1. J.... B....

    I considered it very odd at the time that the prosaic Down All The Days was chosen as the British single from UK JIve over this,which would have done far better I think.

  2. W.... C....

    What a songwriting catalogue!

  3. I.... ....

    Gorgeous!

  4. G.... R....

    Love this song Ray is the best .

  5. O.... ....

    So thankful I was raised with such beautiful music :)

  6. A.... C....

    My fave on this album. Love those minor chords.

  7. D.... C....

    "Even optimists say that it's all gloom and doom."

    Oh, Ray!

  8. M.... P....

    The Kinks are the Kings

  9. A.... L....

    I've been playing this song on loop for an hour, I think my families worried.

  10. D.... R....

    load of shit song.  i've written better and thrown it out

  11. S.... B....

    One of my favorite groups of all time... great song writers

  12. t.... ....

    Kink floyd

    t.... ....

    tavladwr Yes, it sounds a bit like "Your possible pasts".

  13. m.... ....

    junk, pure utter junk

    m.... ....

    If by "junk" you mean "brilliant social commentary set to a beautifully haunting melody", I completely agree, pure junk.

    m.... ....

    I must say I gree with you jahnsahn76, though loony balloon is a euphemistic metaphor today I fear! I do love the haunting melody, so appropriate and completes the image evoked by the lyrics. Of course having read this, I've now got the song stuck in my head :)

    m.... ....

    How is this hunk?!

    m.... ....

    Your are a, Fucking idiot!

    m.... ....

    The sequel, Drift Away, from Phobia absolutely nails it and is much more terrifying.

  14. b.... ....

    Another Kinks gem, another obscure song out of many..

    b.... ....

    Great song!! Epic!!

  15. P.... C....

    I liked "The War is Over".

  16. P.... C....

    I think this LP was released AFTER their US tour.

  17. G.... P....

    I agree! As a major Kinks fan I feel very sad when people think this band was only Come Dancing or Lola, when they were/are SO much more.

  18. G.... P....

    I love both those albums!

  19. T.... ....

    Dave Davies seems to agree in "Kink," his autobiography,

  20. e.... ....

    they always released the wrong songs for singles I think. This should have been the single .. not How Do I Get Close. UK Jive would have done well too. I've often thought that about kinks albums.

  21. S.... ....

    I think I played this album everyday for the last 3 months.
    I'm doing the same with Phobia now.

  22. J.... ....

    @gonzogringo

    Yep, my personal favorites are How Do I Get Close, Bright Lights, UK Jive and Entertainment. I don't know if they're on Youtube though.

  23. J.... ....

    Why is it that, songs like THIS, are so good but yet never get ANY recognition. As if You Really Got Me, Lola and Destroyer are the only songs Ray wrote that are worth anything. This song is brilliant. Kinks fans will know this though.

  24. R.... R....

    I don't like the album U.K. Jive, but I love this song!

  25. R.... ....

    Another classic Ray Davies song, just about sums up this planet at the moment.
    I'm waiting for this song to turn up in an advert of film soon.