Welcome to Paradise is a song by the band Green Day, discussing Billie Joe Armstrongs move to Oakland, California, and his impressions of the environment and the feeling of displacement.
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Introduction:
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Dear Mother, Can you hear me whining?
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It's been 3 whole weeks since I have left your home
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This sudden fear has left me trembling
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'Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
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And I'm feeling all alone...
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Pay attention to the cracked streets, and broken homes
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Some call it slums, some call it nice...
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I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my
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home.......Welcome to Paradise
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A gunshot rings out at the station
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Another urchin snaps, and left dead on his own
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It makes me wonder why I'm still here
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For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
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And I'm never gonna go...
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Pay attention to the cracked streets, and broken homes
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Some call it slums, some call it nice...
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I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my
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home.......Welcome to Paradise
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Dear Mother, Can you hear me laughing?
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It's been six whole months since I have left your home
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It makes me wonder why I'm still here
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For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
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And I'm never gonna go...
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Pay attention to the cracked streets, and broken homes
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Some call it slums, some call it nice...
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I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my