Paradise City - 1986 Sound City Session

One, two, three!

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

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

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, woah[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

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

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[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

Yeah-ha-ha-ha-h

Oh, yeah

Oh, yeah!

Oh, yeah!

On, baby, please 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

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!