Paradise City (1986 Sound City Session)

Lyrics

[Intro] One, two, three! [Instrumental Break] [Verse 1] 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 somethin' to eat I'll pay you at another time Take it to the end of the line [Verse 2] Rags to riches, or so they say, you gotta Keep pushin' for the fortune and fame It's all a gamble when it's just a game You treat it like a capital crime Everybody's doin' the time [Chorus] 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 Take me home, woah [Verse 3] 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 you're gonna believe [Chorus] 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 take me home [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] So far away So far away So far away So far away [Verse 4] 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 [Chorus] Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won't you 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 Spin me 'round Take me home Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won't you take me home [Instrumental Break] Yeah-ha-ha-ha-h Oh, yeah Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! On, baby, please take me home [Outro] Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Won't you please take me home? Take me down Spin me 'round Won't you please take me home? Take me down Spin me 'round Oh, won't ya take me home? I wanna go I wanna know Won't you please take me home? I wanna see How good it can be Oh, baby, ya gotta take me home Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Won't you please take me home? Take me down Spin me 'round Take me home Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Won't you please take me home, uh? Oh yeah! Look out! Ow!