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Now that you've found your paradise |
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This is your kingdom to command |
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You can go outside and polish your car |
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Or sit by the fire in your shangri-la |
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Here is your reward for working so hard |
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Gone are the lavatories in the back yard |
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Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car |
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You just want to sit in your shangri-la |
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Put on your slippers and sit by the fire |
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You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher |
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You're in your place and you know where you are |
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In your shangri-la |
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Sit back in your old rocking chair |
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You need not worry, you need not care |
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You can't go anywhere |
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Shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la |
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The little man who gets the train |
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Got a mortgage hanging over his head |
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But he's too scared to complain |
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'cos he's conditioned that way |
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Time goes by and he pays off his debts |
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Got a tv set and a radio |
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For seven shillings a week |
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Shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la |
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And all the houses in the street have got a name |
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'cos all the houses in the street they look the same |
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Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes |
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The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know |
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They say their lines, they drink their tea, and then they go |
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They tell your business in another shangri-la |
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The gas bills and the water rates, and payments on the car |
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Too scared to think about how insecure you are |
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Life ain't so happy in your little shangri-la |
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Shangri-la, shangri-la la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la |
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Put on your slippers and sit by the fire |
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You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher |
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You're in your place and you know where you are |
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In your shangri-la |
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Sit back in your old rocking chair |
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You need not worry, you need not care |
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You can't go anywhere |
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Shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la, shangri-la |
