Guns N Roses - Paradise City Live At The Ritz 1988 Lyrics

[Chorus]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won't ya take me home?
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won't ya take me home?

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 1]
Just an 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
Pay you at another time, take it to the end of the line
Yeah

[Verse 2]
Rags to richеs, or so they say, you gotta
Keep pushin' for the fortune and famе
You know, all a gamble when it's just a game
Treat it like a capital crime, everybody's doin' the time

[Chorus]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won't ya please take me home?
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won't ya take me home?
[Verse 3]
Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
Why I'm here, I can't quite remember
Surgeon General says it's hazardous to breathe
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
Won't ya take me home?
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won't ya take me home? Yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away

[Verse 4]
Captain America's been torn apart
He's a court jester with a broken heart, he said
"Turn me around and take me back to the start"
Must be losin' my mind, "Are you blind?"
Seen it all a million times
[Chorus]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won't ya take me home?
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won't ya take me home?

[Chorus]
(Take me down, spin me 'round)
Won't ya take me home?
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Won't ya take me home? Yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]
I wanna go, I wanna go
Won't ya take me home?
I wanna see how good it can be
Won't ya take me home?
Baby, please
Goodnight