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