Dear Mother, can you hear me whining? It's been three whole weeks since 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 By night I catch up to the crags, streets and the broken homes Some call it sun, some call it night How hard I try to get through all the ways that I like to call my own Welcome to paradise A gunshot rings out at the station Another urchin slaps him, left dead on his arm It makes me wonder why I'm still here For some strange reason it now is feeling like my home And I'm never gonna go By night I catch up to the crags, streets and the broken homes Some call it sun, some call it night How hard I try to get through all the ways that I like to call my own Welcome to paradise Welcome to paradise Welcome to paradise Dear Mother, can you hear me laughing? It's been six whole months since I have left your home It makes me wonder why I'm still here For some strange reason it now is feeling like my home And I'm never gonna go By night I catch up to the crags, streets and the broken homes Some call it sun, some call it night How hard I try to get through all the ways that I like to call my own Welcome to paradise Oh, paradise