Paradise City

Just an urchin living 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
You gotta keep pushing for the fortune and fame
But it's all a gamble when it's just a game
You treat it like a capital crime
Everybody's doing the time

Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
I want you, please, take me home
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
I want you, please, take me home

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

Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
Why I'm here I can't quite remember
Sergeant tells me that it's hazardous to breathe
Have another cigarette, boy, I can't see
Tell me who you're gonna believe

Captain America's been torn apart now
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
I want you, please, take me home
So take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
I want you, please, take me home

So take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
I want you, please, take me home
So take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
I want you, please, take me home

Take me home