So far away So far away Rags to riches or so they say You gotta keep pushin' for the fortune and fame You know it's all a gamble when it's just a game You treat it like a capital crime Everybody's doing the 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 I wanna go, I wanna go Oh won't you please take me home I wanna see how good it can be Oh won't you please take me home Take me home Take me home