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OUR “SHANGRI-LA” – by Des Kelly    As I have always said and written, a song can depict a story in a few verses and a chorus or two, in comparison to a book, which takes many chapters, thousands of words, and perhaps hundreds of scripted pages, in order to convey the message needed. However, while a good book is an essential attribute in anyone’s life, and once you have learned to read, an education in it’s own right, there is one little problem here. Books do not contain the enhancement of Music in them, and good music with meaningful lyrics in a song is what this article is all about.  Recently, while I was watching “You-tube”, I was very impressed in a song performed by Mark Knopfler and Emmy Lou Harris, another duo extraordinaire of Showbiz. I have always admired Mark, both as a Vocalist and Guitarist, and Emmy ...