Shangri-La - The Rutles

Did you ever get the feeling

That the truth is less revealing

Than a downright lie?

And did you think your head was hip

To certain things it’s not equipped

To qualify?

All day long the sky is blue

And everyone says «How'dya do?»

In Shangri-la

Everyday’s a perfect day

And you can go your own sweet way in

Shangri-la

In Shangri-la, in Shangri-la

You can be whoever you are

In Shangri-la

Investment with a good return

Provides the means through which we earn

Our daily bread

Insisting on an equal cut

Some people even bust a gut

To stay ahead

All day long the sky is blue

And no one has a lot to do

In Shangri-la

In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la!)

In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la!)

You can be whoever you are

In Shangri-la

(Roll up! Roll up! This way!)

It’s a strange world we live in

But surely we’re forgiven

If we don’t know where to turn

With paradise for hire

On the back streets of desire

We all live and learn

All day long the sky is blue

And everyone’s in love with you

In Shangri-la

Lovers dance and children sing

And everybody does their thing in

Shangri-la

In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la)

In Shangri-la (In Shangri-la!)

You can be whoever you are

In Shangri-la ha ha ha

In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la)

In Shangri-la (in Shangri-la!)

You can be whoever you are

In Shangri-la ahahahahhhhhhh

All together now, one two three…

Lah dee doo dah

Lah dee dah

Here we are

In Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

(isn't it nice?)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la (woo!)

(it's such a happy place to be!)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

(Loooove life!)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

(who really needs reality?)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

(a word about the cruelty to the kangaroo.) (Oh, sorry!) (toothpaste)

(oompa oompa, stick it up your jumpa)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah (oh, lah dee dah!)

Here we are in Shangri-la

(Yes we are the slaves of freedom!)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah (Oooh!)

Here we are in Shangri-la

(We're freee-eeeeee to be whoever we are!)

(All right, let’s hear it for all the celebrities!)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

(Whoever we are in Shangri-la!)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah (Lah lah dee dah!)

Here we are in Shangri-la

(My name is Joe Public…) (Whoo! there’s a lah dee dah!)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah (oh, come on, Jimmy!)

Here we are in Shangri-la

(I'm sure you all know me!)

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah, lah dee dah

Here we are in Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah (la la la la la la)

Lah dee dah (la la la la la la la la)

Here we are

In Shangri-la (S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A-Lay!)

Lah dee doo dah (S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A)

Lah dee dah

Here we are (S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A)

In Shangri-la

(here we are, here we are!)

Lah dee doo dah (S-H-A-N-G-R-I-L-A)

Lah dee dah

Here we are (L-E-X-I-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R)

In Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah (Lexicographer…)

Lah dee dah (…sorry folks!)

Here we are

In Shangri-la

Lah dee doo dah

Lah dee dah

Here we are

In Shangri-la (a word of no more than three syllables!)

Lah dee doo dah

Lah dee dah…