Gimme The Ball

by Eddie Carr

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A song to celebrate the St. Louis Cardinals post season 2014! It's all about striving to be the best, and never giving up. For whenever you need to be lifted up, so you can triumph over your obstacles and go after your chance to be in the game!

Go Cards!

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Gimme The Ball

Verse 1
Up at five a.m.
It’s still dark,
There’s not a soul around outside.
Just the sound of my two feet
As they echo in the streets.

Put in another mile,
Longer strides,
I’ll go the distance ‘till I’m done.
You know the ones who really want it
are up before the sun.

Verse 1 Pt II
And if I take a fall,
I will pick myself up from within.
brush myself off,
and start all over again.

Verse II
They’ll tell you that you’re wrong
they’ll tell you that there’s nothing you can do to win.
They’ll tell you that you’re wasting your time,
so quit and give in.

But that’s just not right,
For this I believe,
and that is I believe in myself.
I won’t let someone else decide
when I’m going to give up the fight.

Verse 2 Pt II
So tell me I’m insane
that I’ll never make it to the show,
but you don’t know,
this drive I can’t explain.

Chorus
Gimme The Ball, I want into the game
You can’t hold me back, not after all my pain
I’ve sweat all my blood, and I’ve cried all my tears,
Tasted the dirty in my mouth, as I’ve faced down my fears.

Let in the crowd and lets sing the song.
See the jets roar through clouds above.
No regrets, this is never good-bye,
I’ll meet you in the air when I touch the sky.

Verse 3
I can take the pain
I’ll walk it off,
Rub some dirt into the bruise.
The bumps and scrapes will never make it
so I have got to lose.

If it can be done,
Then I’m the one whose going to get it done tonight.
‘Cause I’ve been dreaming of this moment
every day of my life.

Verse 3 Pt II
So watch me as I rise
And I thank you for your faith in me,
I hope you see,
the gratitude in my eyes!

Chorus

Break
Let them say
I have no business being here,
That my talents are nowhere near
What it takes to play the game.

But I’ll show
Every last one who’s standing there
With my fists pumped up in the air
As the crowd shouts out my name!

Chorus

Break
Let them say
I have no business being here,
That my talents are nowhere near
What it takes to play the game.

But I’ll show
Every last one who’s standing there
With my fists pumped up in the air
As the crowd shouts out my name!

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released October 3, 2014

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Eddie Carr Seattle, Washington

I have been lucky enough to write for all sorts of groups, jazz bands and rock combos, orchestras and film scores, and salsa bands to marching bands. I’m a trumpet player, I play keyboards, and I sing a little. I sell my arrangements through Jazz Without Borders Publishers at www.jazzwithoutborders.com.

Currently, I'm writing for my own alt rock/jazz combo the Eddie Carr Five. ... more

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