Paradise City (Live, 2012)

Lyrics

[Chorus] Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won't ya take me home? (Take me home) Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won't ya take me home? (Take me home) Look out [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Take me down, spin me 'round Oh, won't ya take me home? Take me down to the Paradise City Whеre the grass is green and the girls arе pretty Oh, won't ya take me home? (Take me home) Look out [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 Eat it [Verse 2] Rags to riches, or so they say, you gotta Keep pushin' for the fortune and fame You know 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 Oh, won't you take me home? Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won't ya take me home? Look out [Verse 3] 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 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 Oh, won't ya take me home? Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won't ya take me home? Yeah [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] So far away So far away So far away So far away [Verse 4] Captain America's been torn apart 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?" 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 ya take me home? Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won't ya take me home? Take me down, spin me 'round Oh, won't ya take me home? Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Oh, won't ya take me home? Home Yeah [Guitar Solo] Hahaha [Outro] (Oh) I wanna go, I wanna know Oh, won't ya take me home? I wanna see how good it can be Oh, won't you please take me home? Yeah Baby Please!