Shangri-La

Written by Matt Duke/Matt Duke Music Publishing (BMI)

Doc, if you’ll let me I’ll read you the words
Of Hilton on a place that might sound absurd
But page after page, he has kept me engaged
With his fine narration

Shangri?La is nowhere
It does not exist here
It’s all in your head
But day in and day out
I wonder if maybe I’ve been there

Once in my life, Doc, a moment in time
Our two worlds eclipsed and the stars aligned
And music would play as I’d get swept away
In those eyes so blue, so true

But then I let it slip away
A chance at a good life
It’s all in your mind
And day in and day out
I wonder if maybe I’d be different

Man makes the myth just to mix up the madness of life
But think of all I’ve missed thanks to crippling expectations
I knew it was real and still I walked out the door

I know Shangri?La is somewhere near
I’ve seen it, I’ve been there
Manifestations of grandeur, fear and delusions deep inside
Day in and day out, deep inside,
I still hear the music sweeping softly, sweetly