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
Oh won't you please
Take me home
Just an urchin living
Under the street
I'm a hard case
That's tough to beat
I'm your charity case
So buy me something to eat
I'll pay you at another time
Take it to the end of the line
Rags to riches or so
They say you gotta
Keep pushin' for
The fortune and fame
You know it's
It's all a gamble
When it's just a game
You treat it like
A capitol 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 yeah
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
Say's 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 yeah
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 yeah
So far away
So far away
So far away
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
Losing 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 yeah yeah
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 yeah yeah
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 want to go
I want to go
Oh won't you please
Take me home
I want to see
How good it could be
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
Take me down
Beat me down
Oh won't you please
Take me home
I want to see
How good it could be
Oh won't you please
Take me home
I want to see
Boy how good it
Could be oh oh
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
I want to know
I want to know
Oh won't you please
Take me home yeah
