Welcome To Paradise
Composer(s): Graham Gouldman; Eric Stewart
Performer(s): 10cc



I kissed my mother 
Shook the hand of my brother 
And I said goodbye to the woman I loved 
It may seem like a madness 
To be leaving the love nest 
But I'm taking a chance on a place far away 
Welcome to paradise 
Who said you can't live twice 
You will find heaven is here on earth 
Welcome to paradise 
Did somebody say . . . 
There's a coup coming on 
There's a coup coming on
There's a coup coming on
There's a coup coming on
A coup coming on 
Bad vibrations (there's a coup coming on) 
Feeling the tension (there's a coup coming on) 
No smoke without fire (there's a coup coming on) 
I could smell the danger 
Never dance with a stranger 
But the music took me and soon I was lost 
So I questioned a lady 
But her answers were crazy 
And before I knew I was counting the cost 
Welcome to paradise 
Love it but don't look twice 
You'll soon be living in make believe 
Welcome to paradise 
Did somebody say . . . 
There's a coup coming on 
There's a coup coming on
There's a coup coming on
There's a coup coming on
A coup coming on 
Somebody help me (there's a coup coming on) 
(welcome to paradise) 
So much I don't follow (there's a coup coming on) 
(welcome to paradise) 
I'm not looking for trouble (there's a coup coming on) 
(welcome to paradise) 
There's a coup coming on 
A coup coming on 
I shouldn't have come 
No I shouldn't have come 
Why did I come, hey! 
The clouds were gathering 
And the temperature rising 
Be no turning back all my bridges were burned 
Then it hit me, jumped up and bit me 
Now I'm under your spell I can never return 
This is your paradise 
Now you must pay the price 
You should have flown 
When the coup was blown 
Welcome to paradise 
Did somebody say . . . 
There's a coup coming on 
There's a coup coming on
There's a coup coming on
There's a coup coming on
A coup coming on 
A band on the run 
Annie get your gun