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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
Take me home

Just a' urchin livin' under the street
c'mon
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

Ragz to richez or so they say
You gotta - keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
You know it
It's all a gamble
When it's just a game
You treat it like a capital crime
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
Yeah yeah

Take me down
To the Paradise City
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home

Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
Why I'm here I can't quite remember
The surgeon general say's it's hazardous to breathe
I'd have another cigarette but I can't see
Tell me who ya 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
Yeah

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 losin' 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
Oh

I wanna go
I wanna know
Oh, won't you please take me home

I wanna see
Oh, look at me
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
Oh yeah
Beat me down
Oh, won't you please take me home

I wanna see
Oh, look at me
Oh, won't you please take me home

I wanna see
Boy, I'm gonna be mean
Oh, oh 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

I wanna go
I wanna know
Oh, won't you please take me home
Baby

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