I Play Magic Now

I Play Magic Now

Lyrics 1994, 1995 by W. Scott "Cosmo" Snyder

Music: "My Back Pages" by Bob Dylan

Magic: The Gathering is 1993 by Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

D G A D

The misty rays of morning filter into the room at dawn

D G Em A

But we don't pay attention, we just shuffle and move along

D G A D

I used to go to bed at night and sleep to the late morning hour

G D

Oh I used to have a life back then,

G A D

But I play Magic now

Reds and greens, white, black, and blue are swirling before my eyes

I'll trade you all my Atogs for just one card that flies

I used to play some other games but they've slipped away somehow

Oh I used to have a life back then,

But I play Magic now

Magic was still fresh and new when Arabian Nights came out

If we'd have known how the price would grow we'd have bought that damn store out

And now we pay 30 bucks a pack as we wipe the sweat off our brow

Oh I used to have a life back then,

But I play Magic now

Antiquities was next in line, Mishra and Urza's kin

I spent all of my savings - and got a deck full of clay men

I'd buy one more and say "No More!" - The next day I would break my vow

Oh, I used to have a life back then

But I play Magic now

Legends then had been released and I'm runnin' to the store

I pawned my mother's jewelry to buy fifteen packs more

A year ago I didn't know

A Craw Wurm from a cow

Oh I used to have a life back then

But I play Magic now

Again more new cards were released and things were looking stark

So I sold my best friends Spellfire cards so I could buy the Dark

But still I couldn't keep up, you'd think I would learn by now

Oh I used to have a life back then

But I play Magic now

My credit cards have been recalled, I'm overdrawn again

My local game store owner has become my closest friend

I used to purchase food and clothes

I used to smell the flowers

Oh I used to have a life back then

But I play Magic now