These are song lyrics by Ray Davies, but what the hell...i should put them in that older "lyrics thread" but I'm not doing stuff like that anymore. for the most part, no one ever really seemed to notice my thoughtful bumps at the old board anyway.
Shangri-la,
Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire (1969)
it's also on cd 1 of
The Kink Kronikles (1972) compilation where it is even more effective because it's sandwiched between Dead End Street & Autumn Almanac.
download & play it loud
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haha additional instructions
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what you do is right before the part that Dave Davies starts to sing & the song shifts tempo, you take a big toke or swig or whatever; it'll have you up & dancing. if it doesn't, then your soul is probably in jeopardy.
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 shangri-la
Here is your reward for working so hard
Gone are the lavatories 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, shangri-la, shangri-la
The little man who gets the train
Got a mortgage hanging over his head
But he's too scared to complain
'cos hes conditioned that way
Time goes by and he pays off his debts
Got a tv set and a radio
For seven shillings a week
Shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la
<do it now>
And all the houses in the street have got a name
'cos all the houses in the street they look the same
Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes
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, and payments on the car
Too scared to think about how insecure you are
Life ain't so happy in your little shangri-la
Shangri-la, shangri-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
Youre 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, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la