Paradise City

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 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 You know it's all a gamble When it's just a game Ya treat it like a capital crime And 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 Oh, won't you please take me home Yeah! Strapped in the chair Of the city gas chamber Why I'm here I can't quite remember The surgeon general says It's hazardous to breathe I'd had another cigarette But I can't even see Tell me that you're gonna believe 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 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 So far away So far away So far away So far away 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! 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! I want you to sing Boy, you gotta be mean Oh won't you take me home Oh take me down To the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty Oh, won't you, take me home I wanna go And I wanna know Take me home!