Take me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won’t you please take me homeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me home Oh, won’t you please take me homeJust an urchin livin’ under the street, hard case that’s tough to beatI’m your charity case, so buy me somethin’ to eat, I’ll pay you at another timeTake it to the end of the lineRagz to richez or so they say, ya gotta-keep pushin’ for the fortune and fameIt’s all a gamble when it’s just a game, ya treat it like a capital crimeEverybody’s doing their timeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won’t you please take me homeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me homeStrapped in the chair of the city’s gas chamberWhy I’m here I can’t quite rememberThe surgeon general says it’s hazardous to breatheI’d have another cigarette but I can’t seeTell me who you’re gonna believeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me home, yeahTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won’t you please take me homeSo far away, so far away, so far away, so far awayCaptain America’s been torn apartNow he’s a court jester with a broken heartHe said- turn me around and take me back to the startI must be losin’ my mind- “Are you blind?”I’ve seen it all a million timesTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me homeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyOh, won’t you please take me homeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me homeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me home Oh, won’t you please take me homeOh I wanna go, I wanna go, oh won’t you please take me homeOh won’t you please take me homeTake me down to the paradise cityWhere the grass is green and the girls are prettyTake me home
Oh, won’t you please take me home