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PARADISE CITY (6:46) Performed and written by Guns N’ Roses From the Geffen album, Appetite For Destruction Released 1987 (repeating guitar intro and drum beat) 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 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 something 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 n’ fame 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 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 ya gonna believe Take me down To the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty Take…me…home (Guitar Solo) So far…away So far…away So far…away So far…AWAY Captain America’s been torn apart Now he’s just a court gester 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 (repeating til’ end of song) Take me down To the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty Take…me…home I wanna see…how good it can be Oh won’t you please take me home