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
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
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the gra** is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah!
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the gra** is green and the girls are pretty
Oh won't you please take me home, oh yeah!
So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away
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
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the gra** is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah!
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the gra** is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah!
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the gra** is green and the girls are pretty
Oh won't you please take me home!
I wanna go, I wanna go
Oh won't you please take me home
I wanna see how good it can be
Oh won't you please take me home
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the gra** is green and the girls are pretty
Oh won't you please take me home
I wanna go, I wanna know
Oh won't you please take me home
Baby! Uh!!