| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Take me home
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| (Oh, won’t you please take me home?)
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Take me home
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| (Oh, won’t you please take me home?)
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| Just an urchin livin' under the street
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| I’m a hard case that’s tough to beat
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| I’m your charity case, so buy me somethin' to eat
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| I’ll pay you at another time, take it to the end of the line
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| Rags to riches or so they say
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| You gotta keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
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| You know it’s, it’s all a gamble when it’s just a game
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| You treat it like a capitol crime, everybody' doin' their time
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home? |
| Yeah, yeah
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Take me home
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| Strapped in the chair of the city’s gas chamber
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| Why I’m here, I can’t quite remember
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| The surgeon general says it’s hazardous to breathe
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| I’d have another cigarette but I can’t see
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| Tell me that you’re gonna believe
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Take me home, yeah, yeah
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home? |
| Yeah
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| So far away, so far away
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| So far away, so far away
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| Captain America’s been torn apart
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| Now he’s a court jester with a broken heart
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| He said turn me around and take me back to the start
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| I must be losing my mind, are you blind? |
| I’ve seen it all a million times
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Take me home, yeah, yeah
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home?
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Take me home, yeah, yeah
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home, home?
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| I want to go, I want to know
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home?
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| I want to see, oh, look at me
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home?
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Take me home
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home?
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| Take me down, oh yeah, beat me down
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home?
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| I want to see, oh, look at me
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home?
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| I want to see, boy, I’m gonna be mean
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| Oh, oh take me home
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| Take me down to the paradise city
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| Where the grass is green
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| And the girls are pretty
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home?
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| I want to go, I want to know
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| Oh, won’t you please take me home, baby |