Guns N' Roses

Mama take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark too dark to see
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Kn-kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door

Mama put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That cold black cloud is comin' down
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Kn-kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door
Kn-knockin' on heaven's door

"You just better start sniffin' your own
rank subjugation jack 'cause it's just you
against your tattered libido, the bank and
the mortician, forever man and it wouldn't
be luck if you could get out of life alive"

Kn-kn-knockin' on heaven's door

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that
special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me
of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine

When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hlod you
Don't you know I feel the same

'Cause nothin' last forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold the candle
In the cold november rain

We've been throught this such a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain

But lovers always come and lovers always go
And no one really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away

If we could take the time to lay it one the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine

So if you want to love me
Then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold november rain

Do you need some time... On your own
Do you need some time... All alone
Everybody needs some time... On their own
Don't you know you need some time... All alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need sometimes... On my own
Sometimes I need sometimes... All alone
Everybody needs some time... On their own
Don't you know you need some time... All alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So nevermind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold november rain

Don't ya think that you need somebody
Don't ya think that you need someone
Everynody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home
(back vocals)
I want you please take me home
(x 2)

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
You know it's
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
I want you please take me home

CHORUS:

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

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
I want 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 losin' my mind - "Are you blind?"
I've seen it all a million times

CHORUS

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
I want you please take me home

CHORUS

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
I want you please take me home