Name: Drop The Ball
Duration: P00H02M48S
Description: Song comments on the relationship that government leaders and authorities have with the people and their communication style and substance, with the backdrop of a crisis, like a pandemic.

Drop The Ball

by Tom Ward

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 CAD or more

about

Song comments on the relationship that government leaders and authorities have with the people and their communication style and substance, with the backdrop of a crisis, like a pandemic.

lyrics

Drop The Ball
Tom Ward
January 2021

Things we take for granted paused on this uncertain road.
No crystal ball will help the cause for what tomorrow holds.
The scars are everywhere to see with lives turned upside down.
We fight fatigue and apathy, so many homeward bound.
Most will rise up with resolve, with courage do their best;
The “What’s in it for me?” crowd leaves the battles to the rest.

Your bitter pills best swallowed with a dose of truth and trust in you.
Best laid plans aren’t followed without hearts and minds to see them through.
The power is in your hands, it’s up to you to make the call.
We’re all aboard, you can’t afford, to drop the ball, to drop the ball.

Heroes take it on the chin, they work to save the day,
Can’t let this new normal win, can’t let it have its way.
A strategy to get behind keeps bouncing on the ground;
Can’t be out of sight or mind, what goes up must come down.
Isolate, commiserate, care for one and all;
We celebrate some victories, then watch another fall.

Sound bites and promises, our daily bread and sour wine,
A daily dose of hope and fear, to keep us all in line.
The power is in your hands, it’s up to you to make the call.
We’re all aboard, you can’t afford to drop the ball, to drop the ball.

You can’t afford to drop the ball!
You can’t afford to drop the ball!

credits

released February 19, 2021
Recorded at Forward Sound Studio
Produced and engineered by Tom Ward Music
all instruments vocals by Tom Ward
SOCAN 2021

license

about

Tom Ward Ontario

Tom Ward is a singer-songwriter-guitarist, from eastern Ontario, who has been involved in music, song writing, singing and guitar-playing for over five decades. As a song writer in several genres of music, Tom includes his own compositions in his performances and works at getting his compositions and recordings heard and recorded by established artists. ... more