"What Is This Thing Called Web?"

What Is This Thing Called Web

What is this thing called Web
-- this tide that just won't ebb?
What is this network mystery?
What good's a hyperlink to me?
My friends say I
  should be getting online.
I'm not sure why
  -- I thought I was just fine
without HTML and HTTP.
Why do I need this new technology?

It's all too fast, I fear.
What does this mean:  "Click here"?
If I click my mouse on this underlined word
does that mean I'm a computer nerd?
When I was young,
  I used paper and pen.
Oh, how I long
  to do that once again.
But now, I'm hooked on surfin' the world.
God help me, I've ... been URLed!