keep scrollin! as long as you see this vertical line there's more to come   can't play mp3? get QuickTime * OnAgenda Home Page * The Sound Pound * Karch Art to download a mp3 version of this song as performed by Sliver Greenwood click here (warning: 5.3 mgs small) Song For Chase (Let My New World Begin) written by Richard Karch Let me out Let me in Just let my new world begin I'm your kid I'm your friend And I'll be lovin you til the end Let my new world begin Let's have a brand new world Let my new world begin A world of hope..... And peace Without an end Don't quite know Just where I've been A place of life From deep within A heartfelt song A gentle grin As I grow Teach me well Respect for all In the world Reach out hands Our love will spread Throughout all lands (c) 2003       photo: Chase and his mom Bonnie   We asked Richard Karch who wrote the song for some clue as to how he came to write the thing. He wrote: "Chase is my niece Bonny's baby boy who was born last Febuary-just a few days before his mom's 18th birthday. I wrote most of the song last February during Bonny's baby shower (baby Chase was early). I guess the impetus for writing the song was the influence the Iraq war was having on everyone, especially me, and finding that people in Redding, CA seemed very supportive of Bush's conquests. (No one mentioned our antiwar bumper stickers though...) I was of the mind, also, that what Bush wanted/wants is never ending war and that fresh new Chase would be available as war fodder in the future. I really felt frustrated not being able to discuss the war and felt a simple peace minded song could be helpful." Here's what Sliver had to say about how this song got made in a note to his friend who wrote the song: "After a six day week at the shitshop, I picked up the guitar Sunday morning and started torturing your sweet tune and the attached mp3 file is evidence of some of what happened. For a while it sort of sounded like Hudie Ledbetter might have done it in some saloon in the thirties or forties and for a while it was sort of a Virgin Island shuffle but in whatever form, man, I like this song and it makes me smile. Hope the tune brings a smile. I like to pretend I'm hearing it on a car radio someplace a long time ago."