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Artist: Don Henley
Canonical path: /henley-don/shangri-la
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shangri-La
Read Shangri-La lyrics by Don Henley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shangri-La
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Every day's a new day
That's what I've been told
Try to hold your head high
The world runs hot and cold
It's hard to follow footprints
In the shifting sand
Another thirsty rider
Behind the caravan
You had no idea
just what was waiting out there
You never thought you'd carry the weight
of the world
On your pretty blond hair
This ain't no Shangri-La
To you, no Shangri-La
This ain't no Shangri-La
Nobody knows no Shangri-La
Hey! There's a whole lotta people
wonderin' who you are
They think you walk without a care in the world
But they've been wrong so far
This ain't no Shangri-La
To you, no Shangri-La
This ain't no Shangri-La
Nobody knows no Shangri-La
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Don Henley performs "Shangri-La", and this lyric page sits inside the Don Henley catalog on LyroVerse.
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