Now that you’ve found your paradise,

This is your kingdom to command.

You can go outside and polish your car

Or sit by the fire in your Shngri-La.

Here’s your reward for working so hard:

Gone are the lavat’ries in the back yard;

Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car.

You just want to sit in your Shangri-La.

Put on your slippers and sit by the fire –

You’ve reached your top and you just can’t get any higher…

You’re in your place and you know where you are.

…in your Shangri-La.

Sit back in your old rocking-chair.

You need not worry – you need not care.

You can’t go anywhere!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!

The little man who gets the train got a mortgage hangin’ over his head…

But he’s to scared to complain. …’cause he’s conditioned that way.

Time goes by and he pays off his debt – got a T.V. set and a radio…

For seven shillings a week.

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!



And all the houses in the street have got a name

‘Cause all the houses in the street; they look the same:

Same chimney puff; same little car; same window pane!

The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know.

They say their lines; they drink their tea; and then they go!

They tell your business in another Shangri-La!

The gas bills and the water rates, the payments on the car!

Too scared to think about how insecure you are!

Life ain’t so happy in your little Shangri-La!

Oh, Shangri-La! Shangri-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la;

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la;

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a…

Put on your slippers and sit by the fire –

You’ve reached your top and you just can’t get any higher…

You’re in your place and you know where you are.

…in your Shangri-La.

Sit back in your old rocking-chair.

You need not worry – you need not care.

You can’t go anywhere!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a!

Shangri-La-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!