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Shangri​-​La Blues

from Inside Out by The Old Part of Town

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Words and music by Matt Douglass

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You got forty pounds of pressure inside your head today
'Cause the path to paradise is just a false hideaway
Do we really want to know the unspoken truth
Eternal expectations, dried up the fountain/youth
A tough pill to swallow is bitter, never smooth

When the natural world order
Has a case of the Shangri-La Blues
Shangri-La Blues
Then utopia is not for you

There's an eden on earth you learn as a young man
Up through the mountain pass, forever a happy land
Valley of hope, frozen in time
I never did seem to find it, not for lack of tryin'
Too far to see past the horizon line

When the natural world order
Has a case of the Shangri-La Blues
Shangri-La Blues
Then utopia is not for you

The old crow's just an old crow lookin' on down
From up on high, from the steeple to the town
Could this be the place we all should forever be?
Well, don't you believe it with any certainty
Where nothing means nothing 'cept love and harmony

When the natural world order
Has a case of the Shangri-La Blues
Shangri-La Blues
Then utopia is not for you

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from Inside Out, released September 28, 2023

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The Old Part of Town Baltimore, Maryland

Matt Douglass & Sam Nitzberg collaborated on an EP in 2012, "Grayest Hits." Looking for a vehicle for their catalog of originals, they formed the band and recorded their first CD early in 2015. The current lineup features Steve Raskin (drums), Dave Frieman (bass), & Brian Whaley (violin). Former members Marc Wexler, Kurt Hammond, Davis Shingleton, and Pat Sheridan also appear on these recordings.. ... more

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