Take me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake 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 prettyTake me home (oh, won't you please take me home)
Just a urchin livin' under the streetI'm a hard case that's tough to beatI'm your charity case so buy me something to eatI'll pay you at another timeTake it to the end of the line
Rags to riches or so they sayYa gotta keep pushin' for the fortune and fameYou know it's, it's all a gamble when it's just a gameYa treat it like a capital crimeEverybody's doin' the time
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
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 cigarette but I can't seeTell me who you're gonna believe
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, yeah yeah
So far awaySo far awaySo far awaySo far away
Captain America's been torn apartNow he'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
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
I wanna go, I wanna goOh, won't you please take me homeI wanna see how good it can beOh, won't you please take me homeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me homeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won't you please take me homeTake me down, lead me 'roundOh, won't you please take me home
I wanna see, what a woman can beOh, won't you please take me homeI wanna see, what a woman can be (oh, oh 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 homeI wanna go, I wanna knowOh, won't you please take me home, yeah baby