THE RETURN OF THE TIME THAT NEVER WAS
Lyrics and music by: Paul Estin	
Copyright 2004 (v1= Sept. 6, 1:45am) (v2= Feb2005)
capo 2 -> D

C Am F G   We welcome you back to this SF convention
""         A place of release, to escape daily tension
Dm C F Am  Much better than real life, it's idealized
Am C G -   Full of ideas and delight and surprise
G C F G	   Future inventions that beep, click, and buzz... (it's the)
F G C -	   Return of the time that never was

   G - C -	We're going back... to the con...
   Dm C Am G	And we won't return to real life, until we're good and done
   C - F G	Give in to the spirit, you know you can't resist, 'cause
   F G C -	The best of times are those that don't exist!

C Am F G   The SCA makes the medieval times pleasant
""         Royals and nobles, though nary a peasant
Dm C F Am  The best of the battles, the clothes and the food
Am C G -   But war and disease have been deftly removed
G C F G    An older age cleansed of the plagues and the scuzz... (it's the)
F G C -    Return of the time that never was

   G - C -	We're going back... to play and feast...
   Dm C Am G	It's lots more fun than my day job... to say the least
   C - F G	Give in to the revel, you know you can't resist, 'cause
   F G C -	The best of times are those that don't exist!

C Am F G   In fandom, well, we have the fictions we've played up
""         But at least the FANS know, that it's only made up
Dm C F Am  The political parties; they're actual believers
Am C G -   Idealized sixties vs. Leave It to Beaver
G C F G    History whitewashed, illogical fuzz, the
F G C -    Return of the time that never was

   G - C -	We're going back... to the polls...
   Dm C Am G	To choose between two jerks who seem to have the dumbest goals
   C - F G	The more I check the ballot, the more that I get pissed
   F G C -	I prefer the times in which they don't exist!