[00:00.10]Welcome to Paradise - Green Day [00:01.41]Lyrics by:Billie Joe Armstrong/Mike Dirnt/Tré Cool [00:03.43]Composed by:Billie Joe Armstrong/Mike Dirnt/Tré Cool [00:05.51]Produced by:Billie Joe Armstrong/Green Day/Mike Dirnt/Rob Cavallo/Tré Cool [00:11.08]Dear mother can you hear me whining [00:16.45]It's been three whole weeks [00:17.95]Since that I have left your home [00:21.70]This sudden fear has left me tremblin' [00:27.11]'Cause now it seems that I am out there on my own [00:31.65]And I'm feeling so alone [00:36.04]Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes [00:41.59]Some call it slums some call it nice [00:46.28]I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home [00:53.33]Welcome to paradise [01:00.06]A gunshot rings out at the station [01:05.43]Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own [01:10.71]It makes me wonder why I'm still here [01:16.06]For some strange reason it's now [01:18.52]Feeling like my home [01:20.64]And I'm never gonna go [01:25.10]Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes [01:30.63]Some call it slums some call it nice [01:35.33]I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home [01:42.49]Welcome to paradise [02:47.84]Dear mother can you hear me laughing [02:53.16]It's been six whole months [02:54.68]Since that I have left your home [02:58.48]It makes me wonder why I'm still here [03:03.77]For some strange reason it's now [03:06.12]Feeling like my home [03:08.42]And I'm never gonna go [03:12.83]Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes [03:18.36]Some call it slums some call it nice [03:23.13]I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home [03:30.30]Welcome to paradise oh paradise