Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home
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
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
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
Ya 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
I won't you please take me home
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
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
I wanna go
I wanna know
Oh, won't you please take me home
I wanna see
Oh, look at me
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
I wanna to see
Oh, look at me
Oh, won't you please take me home
I wanna to see
Boy, I'm going to be mean
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 wanna to go
I wanna to know
Oh, won't you please take me home
Yeah, baby
Yeah
