Am C Beside the world we live inG C Em Apart from day and nightAm Is a world ablaze with wonderEm 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 goDm R: You can only see the shadowsAm G Am Of electrons on a screenDm Am From the world inside the crystalEm 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 R: Now you who do not know this world Its dangers or it's 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 R: 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 R: