Henley songs about Stevie...

[David]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Without sounding like an "Ugly American," I relate it to the way America is often viewed as a "Shangri-La"... you know, the country where the streets are paved with gold.

So Stevie had Shangri-La confused with El Dorado?

I guess it's possible.

Again, I think Stevie was just going for the phrase that sounded far-away & mythic & spine-tingling. Either that, or she had just seen that terrible Ross Hunter musical with Peter Finch.