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“Welcome to Paradise,” despite being one of the several hits from their iconic 1994 album Dookie, was actually originally recorded for 1991’s Kerplunk!
“Welcome to Paradise” sees Billie Joe as a young man living in a crime-ridden cesspool like Oakland. It tells the story of when he left his mother’...
[Verse 1]
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 tremblin'
'Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
And I'm feeling so alone!
[Chorus]
Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice
I wanna take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
[Verse 2]
A gunshot rings out at the station
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own
It makes me wonder why I'm still herе
For some strange reason, it now is feeling likе my home
And I'm never gonna go!
[Chorus]
Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice
I wanna take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 3]
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!
[Chorus]
Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice
I wanna take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
[Outro]
Oh, paradise...
Welcome to Paradise (Kerplunk Version) was written by Billie Joe Armstrong & Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool.
Welcome to Paradise (Kerplunk Version) was produced by Andy Ernst & Billie Joe Armstrong & Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool.
Green Day released Welcome to Paradise (Kerplunk Version) on Tue Dec 17 1991.