Lagu itu direkam lagi dan dirilis ulang pada 1994 sebagai lagu kelima untuk album ketiga "Dookie", salah satu album Green Day yang mencetak kesuksesan meraih sertifikat "Diamond" dari Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Amerika Serikat (Recording Industry Association of America/ RIAA) untuk penjualan lebih dari 10 juta kopi.
Vokalis Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong bercerita pengalaman pribadi hidup di kawasan West Oakland, California, yang terkenal keras, sebagai pemuda yang baru pindah dan tinggal sendiri pada lagu "Welcome to Paradise".
Meskipun pada awal masa tinggal merasa ingin pindah, namun, enam bulan kemudian, Armstrong merasa kerasan.
Dalam sebuah wawancara dengan majalah Rolling Stone, Armstrong mengatakan bahwa penggalan lirik "A gunshot rings out at the station/Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own" secara akurat menggambarkan lingkungan barunya saat itu.
Lirik Green Day "Welcome to Paradise"
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 the 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 the slums
Some call it nice
I want to take you through
a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome To Paradise
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Editor: Natisha Andarningtyas
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