Today’s song is “Paradise City” by Guns N’ Roses, which is their only song featuring a synthesizer.
Fun Facts:
- Guns N’ Roses, also abbreviated as GNR, had five members in the original lineup in 1985:
- Axl Rose – Vocals
- Slash – Lead guitar
- Izzy Stradlin – Rhythm guitar
- Duff McKagan – Bass
- Steven Adler – Drums
- Steven Adler had substance abuse issues, which ended him up in rehab and caused him to be replaced by Don Henley for the 1989 American Music Awards. He was fired that following July for his issues with substance abuse.
- GNR has gone through a lot of changes regarding its band members, but both Slash and McKagan rejoined in 2016 to perform at a Coachella Festival.
- GNR’s most recent tour was in 2019, and their lineup remained unchanged for two years during their tour.
Lyrics
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home (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
Take me home (oh won’t you please take me home)
Just a 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
Rags to riches or so they say
Ya gotta keep pushin’ for the fortune and fame
You know it’s all a gamble when it’s just a game
Ya treat it like a capital crime
Everybody’s doin’ 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
Take me home, yeah yeah
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 you’re gonna believe
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 won’t you please take me home
So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away
Captain America’s been torn apart
Now he’s 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?”
I’ve seen it all a million times
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 won’t 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 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 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 won’t you please take me home
Take me down, lead me ’round
Oh won’t you please take me home
I 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 won’t you please take me home
I wanna go, I wanna know
Oh won’t you please take me home