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

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 
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 
And everybody's doin' their time 

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 
To the paradise city 
Where the grass is green 
And the girls are pretty 
Oh, won't you please take me home 
Yeah! 

Strapped in the chair 
Of the city gas chamber 
Why I'm here I can't quite remember 
The surgeon general says 
It's hazardous to breathe 
I'd had another cigarette 
But I can't even see 
Tell me that you're gonna believe 

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 
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 

So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away

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 
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
Yeah! 

I want you to sing
Boy, you gotta be mean
Oh won't you take me home

Oh take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you, take me home
I wanna go
And I wanna know
Take me home!