• It's times like this

    I know I'm starving

    It's the words that stick

    that makes me drown

    Little one don't lean upon me

    I stand on such unsteady ground



    I stake my claim where my feet lay

    over the edge as they may be

    leaning into the world's wind

    Little one please leave me be

    Little one oh let me be


    As you sing:

    Shra-la-la-DA-de-de-de-da

    Shangrila you find with me

    Shra-la-la-DA-de-de-de-de

    one so loved shall never there be




    It's your subtle smile

    I find disarming

    It's your surprising wit

    that breaks me down

    My stomach heaves as I'm finding

    You're loved by all around
    Lord loved by those about



    I stake my claim my feet betray

    hands knees grip quaking

    the world winds tears cold and still

    Dear child leave me if you will
    Oh leave me if you will


    You Sing:

    Shra-la-la-DA-de-de-de-da

    Shangrila you find in me

    Shra-la-la-DA-de-de-de-de

    one so loved shall never there be




    That smile pristine

    found so alarming

    For it I want

    parted in screams

    'Ere I know you'll live past disbelief

    when the world you 'ave seen

    Such a world you've never seen



    I stake my claim where the green sod lay

    six cubed feet above me

    the wind still shears in streams

    Love warmth was taken from me

    Aye you were taken from me



    You sing:

    Shra-la-la-DA-de-de-de-da

    Shangrila you find with me

    Shra-la-la-DA-de-de-de-de

    One so loved should never be



    Shra-la-la-DA-de-de-de-da

    Shangrila you were taken from me

    Shra-la-la-DA-de-de-de-de

    How cruel to teach me to sing

    How crule to teach me to sing.