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
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Shangri-La
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| The Kinks |
