2026 Competition Entry:
NEW WORLD by Chris Oledude
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Lyrics
© 1983, 2025 Christopher R. Owens (ASCAP)
CHORUS:
I’m just lookin’ for a few good women and men
who want some peace for this world!
I just want a strong and solid
commitment to love … to love!
It takes just a few good women and men
to spread some hope in this world!
I know we can build a new world with our love!
A new world with our love!
VERSE 1:
Maybe it’s time for us to start
lookin’ around at what is goin’ down!
Maybe it’s time to live and to dare.
You know we’ve got to start to care!
Maybe it’s time for us to start
fighting lies by always asking “why”.
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Maybe it’s time …
VERSE 2:
Our brothers and sisters
throughout the world are
marred by oppression’s scars.
Greed is the killer both here and there!
Power mongers just can’t care!
Listen to leaders play at
compassion games with only selfish aims.
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Yes, maybe it’s time …
BRIDGE:
I have a dream of a better world!
All that I need is other dream believers.
Taking a stand, we will all be heard
through our voices and our tears.
People need us far and near!
We must try — yes, you and I!
CHORUS
I’m just lookin’ for a few good women and men
who want some peace for this world!
I just want a strong and solid
commitment to love … to love!
It takes just a few good women and men
to spread some hope in this world!
I know we can build a new world with our love!
A new world with our love!
VERSE 3:
All of our nations are like a world of
rats caught in a vicious pack!
Loving and peace are always so rare.
You know we’ve got to start to care!
War wouldn’t ever breed without the
boundaries caused by inequality.
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Yes, maybe it’s time …
BRIDGE
I have a dream of a better world!
All that I need is other dream believers.
Taking a stand, we will all be heard
through our voices and our tears.
People need us far and near!
We must try — yes, you and I!
CHORUS
I’m just lookin’ for a few good women and men
who want some peace for this world!
I just want a strong and solid
commitment to love … to love!
It takes just a few good women and men
to spread some hope in this world!
I know we can build a new world with our love!
A new world with our love!
CHORUS:
I’m just lookin’ for a few good women and men
who want some peace for this world!
I just want a strong and solid
commitment to love … to love!
It takes just a few good women and men
to spread some hope in this world!
I know we can build a new world with our love!
A new world with our love!
VERSE 1:
Maybe it’s time for us to start
lookin’ around at what is goin’ down!
Maybe it’s time to live and to dare.
You know we’ve got to start to care!
Maybe it’s time for us to start
fighting lies by always asking “why”.
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Maybe it’s time …
VERSE 2:
Our brothers and sisters
throughout the world are
marred by oppression’s scars.
Greed is the killer both here and there!
Power mongers just can’t care!
Listen to leaders play at
compassion games with only selfish aims.
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Yes, maybe it’s time …
BRIDGE:
I have a dream of a better world!
All that I need is other dream believers.
Taking a stand, we will all be heard
through our voices and our tears.
People need us far and near!
We must try — yes, you and I!
CHORUS
I’m just lookin’ for a few good women and men
who want some peace for this world!
I just want a strong and solid
commitment to love … to love!
It takes just a few good women and men
to spread some hope in this world!
I know we can build a new world with our love!
A new world with our love!
VERSE 3:
All of our nations are like a world of
rats caught in a vicious pack!
Loving and peace are always so rare.
You know we’ve got to start to care!
War wouldn’t ever breed without the
boundaries caused by inequality.
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Maybe it’s time for a change!
Yes, maybe it’s time …
BRIDGE
I have a dream of a better world!
All that I need is other dream believers.
Taking a stand, we will all be heard
through our voices and our tears.
People need us far and near!
We must try — yes, you and I!
CHORUS
I’m just lookin’ for a few good women and men
who want some peace for this world!
I just want a strong and solid
commitment to love … to love!
It takes just a few good women and men
to spread some hope in this world!
I know we can build a new world with our love!
A new world with our love!
Author
Bio
Chris “Oledude” Owens is a singer-songwriter who reconnected with composition and performance in 2020, following the death of his wife. He was raised on classical, folk and social justice music, as well as Motown, Classic Rock, and Funky R&B/Soul music. Chris has worked in the private, non-profit and public sectors and is now focused on being a creative activist.
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