[Chorus]Take me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are pretty(Take me home) Oh, won't you please take me home?Take me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are pretty(Take me home) Oh, won't you please take me home?[Verse 1]Just an urchin living under the street, I'm aHard case that's tough to beatI'm your charity case, so buy me something to eatI'll pay you at another time, take it to the end of the lineRags to riches, or so they say, you gottaKeep pushing for the fortune and fameYou know it's, it's all a gamble when it's just a gameYou treat it like a capital crime, everybody's doing the time[Chorus]Take me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won't you please take me home? Yeah-yeahTake me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me home[Verse 2]Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamberWhy I'm here, I can't quite rememberThe Surgeon General says it's hazardous to breatheI'd have another cigaretteBut I can't see, tell me who you're gonna believe[Chorus]Take me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me home, yeah-yeahTake me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won't you please take me home, oh yeah[Guitar Solo][Bridge]So far–awaySo far–awaySo far–awaySo far–away[Verse 3]Captain America's been torn apart, nowHe's a court jester with a broken heartHe 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 CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me home, yeah-yeahTake me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won't you please take me homeTake me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me home, yeah-yeahTake me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won't you please take me home, home[Outro]I wanna go, I wanna knowOh, won't you please take me home?I wanna see, how good it can beOh, won't you please take me home?Take me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are pretty(Take me home) Oh, won't you please take me home?Take me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won't you please take me home?Take me down (oh yeah), spin me 'roundOh, won't you please take me home?I wanna see, how good it can beOh, won't you please take me home?I wanna see, how good it can beOh, take me home?Take me down to the Paradise CityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won't you please take me home?I wanna go, I wanna knowOh, won't you please take me home?Baby
