Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home (oh wont 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 (oh wont you please take me home)
Just a urchin livin under the street
Im a hard case thats tough to beat
Im your charity case so buy me something to eat
Ill 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 its all a gamble when its just a game
Ya treat it like a capital crime
Everybodys doin the time
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh wont 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, yeah yeah
Strapped in the chair of the citys gas chamber
Why Im here I cant quite remember
The surgeon general says its hazardous to breathe
Id have another cigarette but I cant see
Tell me who youre gonna believe
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah yeah
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh wont you please take me home
So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away
Captain Americas been torn apart
Now hes 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?
Ive 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 yeah
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh wont 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, yeah yeah
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh wont you please take me home
I wanna go, I wanna go
Oh wont you please take me home
I wanna see how good it can be
Oh wont 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 wont you please take me home
Take me down, lead me round
Oh wont you please take me home
I wanna see, what a woman can be
I want to take you home
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh wont you please take me home
I wanna go, I wanna know
Oh wont you please take me home