Saying Good-By In My Own Way

[jbbnbsmith]

For some strange reason, these lyrics came to me this morning. They are sung to the tune "American Pie", although I only had time to quickly wite the first and last verses and the chorus.

Feel free to fill in the gaps...after all, it's a pretty long song.

A long, long time ago
I can still remember how Valhalla used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my way
I could get my kids to play
And maybe we’d be happy for a while
But November gave me quavers
When I logged on Heroscapers
Bad new on the front page
The fans were in an outrage
Well I don’t remember if I cried when I
Read what Wizards did decide
But something touched me deep inside
The day the Heroscape died

So bye-bye Tagawa Samurai,
I’ll miss the Snipers and the Vipers and the old 4th Mass Line
And good old Orcs with Krug and Grimnak beside
Shouting “This’ll be the day that I die.”
“This’ll be the day that I die.”


I met a guy who Screamed the Truth
And I asked him for some happy news
But he just smiled and turned away
So I went down to the big box store
Where I’d bought expansions years before
But the man there said expansions didn’t pay
And in my house the children screamed
My wife was glad, but I was steamed
And not a word was spoken
Because my heart was broken
And the three men I admired most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
Got screwed by Wizards of the Coast
The day the Heroscape died.