Paradise City

[Chorus] 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 [Verse 1] I'm just an urchin living under the street I'm a hard case it'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 It's all a gamble when it's just a game You try it like a capital crime, everybody's doing their time [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 You'd have another cigarette But you can't see Tell me who you're gonna believe [Chorus] 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 [Bridge] So far away, so far away So far away, so far away [Verse 3] Hey, Captain America's been torn apart 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 [Chorus] 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 Take me home Won't you please take me home Take me home