Welcome To Paradise
Released On
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Dookie [1994] -
Welcome To Paradise (single) [1994] -
International Superhits! [2001] -
7" Vinyl Singles Box [2009] -
God's Favorite Band [2017] -
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
Art Of Ears
Andy Ernst, Green Day
852
1991-08-21
2026-02-06
Staple (80-100%)
Regular (50-79%)
Sporadic (20-49%)
Rare (1-19%)
Inactive (0%)
Performance Probability
93%
Odds of being played at the next showStaple
(Calculated from the last 100 shows)
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Song Notes
'Welcome To Paradise' was originally released on Kerplunk but was re-recorded for inclusion on Green Day's major label debut, Dookie. The Dookie version is the more well known of the two and is the one that is used for all of the "also appears on" albums above with the exception of the 7" Vinyl Singles Box where both versions are present.
Lyrics
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 and the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through a wasteland I 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 and the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through a wasteland I 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 and the broken homes
Some call it slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
Oh, paradise
