[[!meta title="Balloon Boy By Philip Glass"]] [[!meta author="Edward Rueda"]] by [[people/Edward_rueda]] [[!table data=""" First Rictus|Second Rictus Balloon boy's flying|Balloon boy's flying Balloon boy's flying|Balloon boy's flying First a rumor|Balloon boy's flying Then a picture| Glimpse of sliver| Strange and silver| Slowly turning|Balloon boy's flying Is it burning?| There's a child stuck inside it.| First a rumor|Balloon boy's flying Then a picture| Glimpse of sliver| Strange and silver| Slowly turning|Balloon boy's flying Is it burning?| There's a child stuck inside it. | First no one could believe it|Balloon boy's flying Then no one couldn't believe it| How could we know|Balloon boy's flying That there was not a child stuck in a balloon?| First no one could believe it|Balloon boy's flying Then no one couldn't believe it| How could we know|Balloon boy's flying That there was not a child stuck inside it?| | Ft. Collins boy missing|Rumor, rumor Six-year-old boy missing|Rumor, rumor Ft. Collins boy missing|Rumor, rumor Six-year-old boy missing|Rumor, rumor White little boy missing|Rumor, rumor Six-year-old boy missing|Rumor, rumor White little boy missing|Rumor, rumor Gone in balloon?|Rumor, rumor | Gone in balloon missing|Stranger, stranger Boy in balloon missing|Stranger, stranger Gone in balloon missing|Stranger, stranger Boy in balloon missing|Stranger, stranger Gone in balloon missing|Stranger, stranger Boy in balloon missing|Stranger, stranger Gone in balloon missing|Stranger, stranger Wait, there's footage?|Stranger, stranger | Look at the live footage|Picture, picture Latest balloon footage|Picture, picture Look at the live footage|Picture, picture Latest balloon footage|Picture, picture Look at the live footage|Picture, picture Latest balloon footage|Picture, picture Look at the live footage|Picture, picture He's gonna die?|Picture, picture | Boy in balloon to die|Danger, danger Lack of oxygen|Danger, danger Boy in balloon to die|Danger, danger Lack of oxygen|Danger, danger Boy in balloon to die|Danger, danger Lack of oxygen|Danger, danger Boy in balloon to die|Danger, danger He's gonna crash?|Danger, danger | Boy in balloon falling|Worst fear, worst fear Clear the airspace|Worst fear, worst fear Boy in balloon falling|Worst fear, worst fear Clear the airspace|Worst fear, worst fear Boy in balloon falling|Worst fear, worst fear Clear the airspace|Worst fear, worst fear Boy in balloon falling -|Worst fear, worst fear Wait, it's empty?|Worst fear, worst fear | (pause)|Not true, not true, not true, not true I am a news channel|Not true, not true, not true, not true I need a dead child|Not true, not true, not true, not true I am a news channel|Not true, not true, not true, not true I need a dead child|Not true, not true, not true, not true I am a news channel|Not true, not true, not true, not true I need a dead child|Not true, not true, not true, not true I am a news channel|Not true, not true, not true, not true Who is to blame?|Not true, not true, not true, not true | Is this a hoax?|Outrage, outrage, outrage Answer the charges|Outrage, outrage, outrage Is this a hoax?|Outrage, outrage, outrage Answer the charges|Outrage, outrage, outrage Is this a hoax?|Outrage, outrage, outrage Answer the charges|Outrage, outrage, outrage Is this a hoax?|Outrage, outrage, outrage All for a show?|Outrage, outrage, outrage | Lock up the family|Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat How could you do this t'us?|Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat Lock up the family|Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat How could you do this t'us?|Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat Lock up the family|Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat How could you do this t'us?|Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat Lock up the family|Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat How could you do this t'us?|Scapegoat, scapegoat, scapegoat (pause)|BARF! | |1, 2, 3 hours |4, 5, 6 hours |7, 8, 19, 10, 'leven, 12 hours' coverage | My dear boy Falcon, as I go to pris'n |13, 14, 15 hours You may be asking why this has aris'n |16, 17, 18 hours As ancient Egypt once built pyr'mids tall, |19, 20, 21, 22 hours' coverage So media cov'rage dulls Obscurity's pall | |23, 24, 25 hours As carv'd ob'lisks praised Pharaoh in Thebes, |26, 27, 28 hours Our nation dwell'd upon your cur'ous deeds |29, 30, 31, 32 hours' coverage You scarr'd our psyches as a Great Obsess'n |  'Midst two wars and rav'nous Great Recess'n |33, 34, 35 hours  |36, 37, 38 hours And should you live to ripe old Nin'ty-Fo'r |39, 40, 41, 42 hours' coverage Th' nation shall proclaim yo'r name once mor' |  I see your Times obit, st'rk bl'ck and gray: |43, 44, 45 hours "Th' boy in th' balloon has died today." |46, 47, 48 hours  |49, 50, 51, 52 hours' coverage  |  S' view Jon-Kate and Octomom as kin, |53, 54, 55 hours Go pursue fame and help our fam'ly win. |56, 57, 58 hours  |59, 60, 61, 62 hours' coverage  |  First no one could believe it|First no one could believe it Then no one couldn't believe it|Then no one couldn't believe it How could we know|How could we know That there was not a child stuck inside a|That there was not a child stuck inside a """]]