Paradise City (1986 Sound City Session) Lyrics
[Intro]
One, two, three!
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
Rags to riches, or so they say, you gotta
Keep pushin’ for the fortune and fame
It’s all a gamble when it’s just a game
You 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
Take me home, yeah-yeah
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, whoa
[Verse 3]
Strapped in the chair of the city’s gas chamber
Why I’m here, I can’t quite remember
The Surgeon General say’s it’s hazardous to breathe
I’d 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
Take me home, yeah-yeah
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won’t you take me home
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away
[Verse 4]
Captain 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 million times
[Chorus]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won’t you take me home? Yeah-yeah
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
Spin me ’round
Take me home
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won’t you take me home
[Bridge]
Yeah-ha-ha-ha-h
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah!
On, baby, please take me home
[Outro]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won’t you please take me home?
Take me down
Spin me ’round
Won’t you please take me home?
Take me down
Spin me ’round
Oh, won’t ya take me home?
I wanna go
I wanna know
Won’t you please take me home?
I wanna see
How good it can be
Oh, baby, ya gotta take me home
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won’t you please take me home?
Take me down
Spin me ’round
Take me home
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won’t you please take me home, uh?
Oh yeah!
Look out!
Ow!