KINKS - Shangri-la lyrics

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