Another Country

© 1991 Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa.

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	C\addG	F	C	G	G7
	When I was a child I	used	to wan	der

	F	C	G	C	F
	In a world of ma	gic	all	my	own

	C	G
Where the	beasts had funny	names

	C	F
And their	shapes were wild and	strange

	C	G	C	G	G7
And all of them would answ	er	when	I	spoke.

	Am	Asus4	Am	F
	And in the darkness	I wo	uld go	there

	Dm	Dsus2	Am	Esus4
	As I lay in	my bed	alo	ne.

	Dm	Dsus2
I'd	close my eyes	and see

	Am	Asus4	Am
The	place I longed	to b	e

	Dm	Dsus2	Am	G	G7
	And gladly stay	until	the	dawn	.

C F C G

I'd travel to an oth er coun try

F C G C G G7

Oh, what a love ly place to be.

C G

Where the creatures all were tame,

C F

And the echo knew my name,

G F C G C

When in my dreams it called to me.

Am G G7 C

But I forgot, when I grew older,

About the country in my mind;

The beasts with funny names

And moonlit circle games

With childhood toys were left behind;

But sometimes starlight would remind me

Of places where I used to go,

And every now and then

When talking with a friend

I'd ask if they'd been there also...

Do you recall another country?

I used to think that it could be;

Where the creatures all were tame,

And the echo knew my name,

When in my dreams it called to me.

But now I've recently discovered

The way back to places I recall

The creatures I knew then

Are with me once again

And there is magic after all;

And I may sing to you by starlight,

Or trace a shadow on your screen,

Or take you by the hand

Across a moonlit land

To places only I have seen...

So come with me to another country

Oh, what a lovely place to be.

Where the creatures all are tame,

And the echo knows your name,

When you come share the dream with me.

This started out trying to be a song about Cyberia, the country inside computers and networks, but it sort of got away from me. It still fits but it got bigger, somehow. Songs are like that.