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Someplace in the Net

from Coffee, Computers, and Song by Steve Savitzky

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Before social media, before the World Wide Web, there was Usenet. The alt.callahans newsgroup was a very precious, very real Place.

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There is a Place I heard of once, and wished that I could find
Where people listen to you when you say what's on your mind;
Where you can swap tall tales, or share a quiet drink with friends;
Where anything can happen, and the party never ends.

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I knew it wasn't anyplace but stories in a book,
But now and then I'd pass a bar, drop in and take a look.
Then I logged in to the network, in a group I'd never seen,
And found what I'd been seeking, in the world behind the screen.

Time and space are just a dream we dream when we're apart;
Home is a welcome feeling deep inside the heart;
Stranger's just a name for some old friend we haven't met;
When we're together someplace in the net.

The Network's just a shadow-play of words upon a screen;
But you can talk for hours with old friends you've never seen,
In a world of words and dreams where only thoughts can roam,
Where you can weave a fantasy and make it feel like home.

Time and space are just a dream we dream when we're apart;
Home is a welcome feeling deep inside the heart;
Stranger's just a name for some old friend we haven't met;
When we're together someplace in the net.

Some weave a magic cloak of words to shape their presence there:
The Tiger and the Unicorn, the Tin Man and the Bear;
Some weep for long-lost lovers, some laugh with new-made friends,
And anything can happen and the party never ends.

Time and space are just a dream we dream when we're apart;
Home is a welcome feeling deep inside the heart;
Stranger's just a name for some old friend we haven't met;
When we're together someplace in the net.

Time and space are not enough to keep good friends apart;
Callahan's is just a name for somewhere in the heart;
We'll drink a toast to friends we knew before we ever met;
When we're together someplace in the net.

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from Coffee, Computers, and Song, released July 1, 2007

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Steve Savitzky Seattle, Washington

Notorious hacker/songwriter Steve Savitzky has been kicking around the Net since the days of bang-paths and bearskins, and writes songs of computers, spacecraft, love, friendship -- and sometimes all four at once.

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