Green Day
Dookie (1994) - Lyrics

Dear Mother

Cant you hear me
whining?

It's been 3 whole weeks

Since I have left your
home

This sudden fear has left me trembling

Cuz now it seems
that I am out here on my own

& I'm feelin so alone





Pay attention to the cracked streets & the broken homes

Some
call it slums some call it nice

I wanna take you through a wasteland
I like to call my home

Welcome to paradise





A
gunshot rings out at the station

Another urchin snaps & left dead on
his own

It makes me wonder why I'm still here

For some
strange reason it's now feelin like my home

& I'm never gonna
go





Pay attention to the cracked streets & the broken
homes

Some call it slums some, call it nice

I wanna take you
through a wasteland I like to call my home

Welcome to paradise





Dear Mother

Can you hear me laughing?

It's
been 6 whole months

Since I have left your home

It makes me
wonder why I'm still here

For some strange reason it's now
feelin like my home

& I'm never never gonna go





Pay attention to the cracked streets & the broken homes

Some call
it slums, some call it nice

I wanna take you through a wasteland I
like to call my home

Welcome to paradise

Paradise....