Welcome to Paradise

Dear mother, can you hear me whining?

It's been three whole weeks since that

I have left your home

This sudden fear has left me trembling

'Cause now it seems that I am

Out here on my own

And I'm feeling so alone

Pay attention to the cracked streets (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

And the broken homes

Some call it slums, some call it nice

I wanna take you through (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

A wasteland I'd like to call my home

Welcome to paradise

A gunshot rings out at the station

Another urchin snaps and

Left dead on his own

It makes me wonder why I'm still here

For some strange reason

It's now feeling like my home

And I'm never gonna go

Pay attention to the cracked streets (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

And the broken homes

Some call it slums, some call it nice

I wanna take you through (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

A wasteland I'd like to call my home

Welcome to paradise

Dear mother, can you hear me laughing?

It's been six whole months since that

I have left your home

It makes me wonder why I'm still here

For some strange reason

It's now feeling like my home

And I'm never gonna go

Pay attention to the cracked streets (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

And the broken homes

Some call it slums, some call it nice

I wanna take you through (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

A wasteland I'd like to call my home

Welcome to paradise

Oh, paradise