Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
Some call it slums some call it nice
I want to take you to a place where 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 still feeling like my home and
I'm never gonna go

Dear mother can you hear me laughin'
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's now feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go

Dear mother can you hear me whinin'
It's been three whole weeks 
Since I have left your home
This sudden fear has left me tremblin'
Cause now it seems I am out here on my own
And I'm feeling so alone