Guns N' Roses
"Paradise City"


Take me down
To the paradise city 
Where the grass is green 
And the girls are pretty 
Take me home 
(back vocals) 
I want you please take me home 
(x 2) 

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 
You know it's 
It's all a gamble 
When it's just a game 
Ya treat it like a capital crime 
Everybody's doin' their time 

Take me down 
To the paradise city 
Where the grass is green 
And the girls are pretty 
I want you please take me home 

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 you're gonna believe 

CHORUS 

Take me down 
To the paradise city 
Where the grass is green 
And the girls are pretty 
I want you please 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 
I want you please take me home 

CHORUS 

Take me down 
To the paradise city 
Where the grass is green 
And the girls are pretty 
I want you please take me home