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
Take me home - oh won't you please |
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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 something to eat I'll pay you at another time Take it to the end of the line
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Rags to riches
or so they say Ya gotta keep pushin' for the fortune and fame You know it's all a gamble when it's just a game Ya treat it like a capital crime Everybody's doin' the time
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Take me down to the paradise city Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty |
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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 see Tell me who you're gonna believe |
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So far away So far away So far away *So far away |
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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 |
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I wanna see
how good it can be
Oh won't you please
Take me home |
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