Paradise City

Take me down
 To the paradise city
 Where the grass is green
 And the girls are pretty
 Oh, won't you please take me home
 Just a' urchin livin' under the street
 I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
 I'm your charity case
 So buy me somethin' to eat
 I'll pay you at another time
 Take it to the end of the line
 Ragz to richez or so they say
 Ya gotta-keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
 It's all a gamble
 When it's just a game
 You treat it like a capital crime
 Everybody's doin' their time
 Take me down
 To the paradise city
 Where the grass is green
 And the girls are pretty
 Oh, won't you please take me home
 Take me down
 To the paradise city
 Where the grass is green
 And the girls are pretty
 Take me home
 Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
 Why I'm here I can't quite remember
 The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe
 I'd have another cigarette, but I can't see
 Tell me who you're gonna believe
 Take me down
 To the paradise city
 Where the grass is green
 And the girls are pretty
 Take me home
 Take me down
 To the paradise city
 Where the grass is green
 And the girls are pretty
 Oh, won't you please take me home
 So far away
 Captain America's been torn apart
 Now he's a court jester with a broken heart
 He said—
 Turn me around and take me back to the start
 I must be losin' my mind—"Are you blind?"
 I've seen it all a million times
 Take me down
 To the paradise city
 Where the grass is green
 And the girls are pretty
 Take me home
 Take me down
 To the paradise city
 Where the grass is green
 And the girls are pretty
 Oh, won't you please take me home
 Home
 I wanna go
 Oh won't you please take me home.
 I wanna see,
 Oh won't you please take me home.
 Take me down
 To the paradise city
 Where the grass is green
 And the girls are pretty
 Take me home
 Take me down
 To the paradise city
 Where the grass is green
 And the girls are pretty
 Oh, won't you please take me home