Take  me  down
To  the  paradise  city
Where  the  grass  is  green
And  the  girls  are  pretty
Take  me  home
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
Evrybody's  doin'their  time
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
So  far  away
Captain  America's  been  torn  apart
Now  he's  a  court  jester  with  a  broken  heart
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
I  want  to  paradise  city
I  want  to  go
I  want  see