CHORUS x2 Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty Take me home (Oh, won't you please take me home) Just an urchin livin' under the street I'm a hard case that's tough to beat I'm your charity case So by me somethin' 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 pushin' for the fortune and fame You know it's, it's all a gamble When it's just a game You treat it like a capitol crime Everybody' doin' their time CHORUS x2 Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber Why I'm here, I can't quite remember The surgoen general say's it's hazardous to breathe I'd have another cigarette But I can't see Tell me that you're gonna believe CHORUS x2 So far away x4 Capitain America's been torn apart Now he's a 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 mllion times CHORUS x4 I want to go I want to know Oh, won't you please take me home I want to see Oh, look at me 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 (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 Oh, won't you please take me home Take me down Oh yeah Beat me down Oh, won't you please take me home I want to see Oh, look at me Oh, won't you please take me home I want to see Boy, I'm gonna be mean Oh, oh take me home 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 I want to go I want to know Oh, won't you please take me hooooooome Baby