Paradise City

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

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

Ragz to richez or so they say

Ya gotta-keep pushin'

For the fortune and fame

It's all a gamble

When it's just a game

Ya 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

Take me down

To the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Take me home

Yeah!

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

I'd have another cigarette

But I can't breathe

Tell me who you're gonna believe

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