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"STRAWS"
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Straws - Bill Ward Music
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"STRAWS"
CDS ARE AVAILABLE! |
Black Sabbath's drummer, Bill Ward, rush released a single titled, "Straws" to the Internet at about 10 p.m. Central time, U.S.A. on Tuesday, October 8th, 2002.
Ward quotes, "It's a free download and is for anyone who can obtain it. The song represents my fear towards yet another violent escalation of arms, and what seems to be an inevitable war with unaccountable consequences. I stand with my wife, and children, and loved ones across the globe, and with my friends, in affirmation that peaceful solutions must be sought at all costs."
The MP3 download for Straws has been withdrawn at this time.
If you want to send feedback on the song, drop an email to siegler@billward.com or leave feedback on Bill's online forums- All emails will be forwarded to Bill himself.
Listening to the mp3 requires a program that can play an MP3 such as the free programs Winamp & MusicMatch Jukebox.
For all the latest updates on Straws, check here as well as the news page of this site.
Straws Announcement
Bill Ward announced today, Sunday, October 27 at
2:00 am PST/Daylight Savings Time that he will release about 2,000 commemorative
CD packages, containing one song, “Straws.” The artwork for “Straws” is near
completion and roughly 1,000 CD packages will be delivered before December 1.
Since the release of “Straws” on the Internet, the work to release the CD
packages has been underway. Each CD will be numbered, it’s a limited edition,
and the packages are not for sale. At least 1,000 copies will be sent first to
Bill’s family, friends, fellow musicians, producers, engineers, journalists and
some radio stations. Further recipients include establishments for humanitarian
causes, peace support groups and individuals, and finally governmental heads of
state or countries across the world. Following is a quote from Ward, which will
appear on the back of the CD package:
In our arrogance, we often feel the desire to beat on our own chests, in
celebration of how far, as human beings, we’ve progressed.
However, let us not do that so quickly.
Not as long as continuing wars permeate, destroy and threaten the existence of
life itself on our planet.
Instead can we stop briefly and see how utterly archaic we really can be.
Perhaps when the word “war” means nothing to any living souls anywhere.
A time when war has become a thing of the past.
Perhaps then we can give ourselves some polite applause.
For real human progress.
Aston Cross Music, Inc.©
There are no details yet on where the other 1,000 CD packages will go.
Straws Credits
Straws Lyrics
Due to popular request, we present the lyrics for Straws direct from Bill's own lyrics sheet:
VERSE1
I’m sorry to wake you from
Your sleep
Now baby open up your eyes
VERSE2
We have to go downstairs
Find some shelter
Get some help
And stay alive
VERSE3
How am I supposed to save you
In this chaos
Clinging, please don’t die
VERSE4
Where are the defenses
We were promised, oh I hope that they’ve
arrived
M8
Bring it on, the misery, tonight
Come and tell the story here tonight
Put your eyes on mine forever
This will be our last endeavor
Baby we won’t ever have to look
CHOROUS
Daddy’s in the Army, Daddy’s in the Army
And, Mommy’s joining too
God help all the countries
They do know what they do
HOOK2 We never
ever have to even look
no
no
no no
no no
Turn away, we never have to look
no
no
no no
no no
VERSE5
Hell bound in the senses
Much too late to point and blame
When questioning why
VERSE6
Let’s pretend that we’re dancing
As in yesterday, when it was stars that
filled the sky
Yeah, sky
M8
Bring it on, the misery, tonight
Come and tell the story here tonight
HOOK3 We never
ever have to even look
no no
no no
no no
Turn away, we never have to look
no no
no no
no no
Put your eyes on mine forever
This will be our last endeavor
Baby we won’t ever have to look