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 somethin' 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 and fame
  It's all a gamble
  When it's just a game
  Ya treat it like a capital crime
  Everybody's doin' their time
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    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 you're gonna believe
    [Chorus]
    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 losin' my mind-
  "Are you blind?"
  I've seen it all a million times
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