take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty take me home oh wont you please take me home take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty take me home oh wont you please take me homejust a urchin livin under the street im a hard case thats tough to beat im your charity case so buy me something to eat ill pay you at another time take it to the end of the linerags to riches or so they say ya gotta keep pushin for the fortune and fame you know its all a gamble when its just a game ya treat it like a capital crime everybodys doin the time    meaning  byamandah   editor    slashs 2007 autobiography revealed a lot of origin stories about major gnr songsincluding paradise city this was written on their way back to la from    see all   take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty oh wont you please take me home take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty take me home yeah yeahstrapped in the chair of the citys gas chamber why im here i cant quite remember the surgeon general says its hazardous to breathe id have another cigarette but i cant see tell me who youre gonna believetake me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty take me home yeah yeah take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty oh wont you please take me homeso far away so far away so far away so far awaycaptain americas been torn apart now hes a court jester with a broken heart he said turn me around and take me back to the start i must be losing my mind are you blind ive seen it all a million timestake me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty take me home yeah yeah take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty oh wont you please take me home take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty take me home yeah yeah take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty oh wont you please take me homei wanna go i wanna go oh wont you please take me home i wanna see how good it can be oh wont you please take me home take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty take me home take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty oh wont you please take me home take me down lead me round oh wont you please take me homei wanna see what a woman can be i want to take you home take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty oh wont you please take me home i wanna go i wanna know oh wont you please take me home