Paradise City (Live at the Ritz 1988)

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 down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Won't ya take me home? [Instrumental Break] [Verse 1] Just an 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 Pay you at another time, take it to the end of the line Yeah [Verse 2] Rags to richеs, or so they say, you gotta Keep pushin' for the fortune and famе You know, all a gamble when it's just a game 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 Won't ya please take me home? Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Won't ya take me home? [Verse 3] Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber Why I'm here, I can't quite remember 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 Won't ya take me home? Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty 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" 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 Won't ya take me home? Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Won't ya take me home? (Take me down, spin me 'round) Won't ya take me home? Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Won't ya take me home? Yeah [Guitar Solo] [Outro] I wanna go, I wanna go Won't ya take me home? I wanna see how good it can be Won't ya take me home? Baby, please Goodnight