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
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 Ya treat it like a capital crime Evrybody'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 ya 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, Yeah!
(Guitar Solo)
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 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
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...
(Goitar Solo)
I wanna go, I wanna know, I wanna sing, I wanna be free, Oh, won't you pleasetake 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, Take me round, Oh, won't you please take me home
I wanna sing, I wanna be free, Oh, won't you please take me home
(Guitar Solo)
I wanna sing, I wanna be free, O-o-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
Take me down, Take me round, Oh, won't you please take me ho-o-o-ome, Please...