© 1985 Steve Savitsky



Am                  C

Beside the world we live in  

  G        C       Em

Apart from day and night

                       Am

Is a world ablaze with wonder

   Em           Am

Of magic and delight



Like a magic crystal mirror 

My computer lets me know

Of the other world within it

Where my body cannot go



         Dm

Chorus: You can only see the shadows

            Am           G Am

         Of electrons on a screen

                  Dm               Am

         From the world inside the crystal

                 Em            Am

         That no human eyes have seen



The computer is a gateway

To a world where magic rules

Where the only law is logic

Webs of words the only tools



Where we play with words and symbols

And creation is the game

For our symbols have the power

To become the things they name



         Chorus



Now you who do not know this world

Its dangers or its joys

You take the things we build there

And you use them as your toys



You trust them with your fortunes

Or let them guard your lives

From the chaos of creation

Just their final form survives



         Chorus



Call us hackers, call us wizards

With derision or respect

Still our souls are marked by something

That your labels can't affect



Though our words are touched by strangeness

There is little we can say

You would only hear the echo

Of a music far away



         Chorus