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
Ragz to richez or so they say Ya gotta-keep pushin' for the fortune and fame It's all a gamble When it's just a game Ya treat it like a capital crime Everybody's doin their time
Chorus: Take me down To the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty Take me home
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 ya gonna believe
Chorus: Take me down To the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty 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 losin' 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 Take me home
