Take me down To the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty (X2)
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 Ya gotta-keep pushin' for the fortune and fame 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 (X2)
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 (X2)
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 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 (X3) I want you please Take me home