Paradise City Songtext / Lyric

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



Just an 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

You gotta keep pushin' for the fortune and fame

It's all a gamble when it's just a game

You try it like a capital crime, everybody's doing their time






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



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"

You 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

Won't you please take me home



So far away, so far away

So far away, so far away



Hey, 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



Take me home

Won't you please take me home

Take me home