Lyrics to
Shangri-La

This version of Shangri-La was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1976.

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Sitting here, waiting for,
Someone calling at my door,
Too bad,
I’m getting out of love.

What’s the use of changing things,
Wonder what tomorrow brings,
Who knows,
I’m getting out of love.

My Shangri-la has gone away,
Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude
She seemed to drift out on the rain
That came in somewhere softly from the blue

Clouds roll by and hide the sun,
Raindrops fall on everyone,
So sad,
I’m getting out of love.

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About Lyrics and Shangri-La by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

The lyrics to Shangri-La are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Shangri-La have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Shangri-La by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Shangri-La" means the words set to the music of Shangri-La, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Shangri-La and the lyrics to Shangri-La are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Shangri-La, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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