[bad word]  
Take me down to the paradise city 
Where 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 city 
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty 
Take me home (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 something 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 
Everybody's doin' the 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 
Take me home, yeah yeah 

Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber 
Why I'm here I can't quite remember 
The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe 
I'd have another cigarette but I can't see 
Tell me who you're 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 won't you please take me home 

So far away 
So far away 
So far away 
So far away 

Captain America's been torn apart 
Now 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 

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 won't 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 won't you please take me home 

I wanna go, I wanna go 
Oh won't you please take me home 
I wanna see how good it can be 
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 
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 
Take me down, lead me 'round 
Oh won't 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 won't you please take me home 
I wanna go, I wanna know 
Oh won't you please take me home