Journey - Mother, Father Lyrics






She sits alone, an empty stare
A mother's face she wears
Where did she go wrong,
The fight is gone
Lord help this broken home

Hey, mother, father, sister
Hey, come back, tryin', believin''
Hey, mother, father, dreamer

Don't you know that I'm alive for you
I'm your seventh son
And when lightning strikes the family
Have faith, believe.

With dreams he tried
Lost his pride
He drinks his life away
One photograph in broken glass
It should not end this way.

Through bitter tears
And wounded years,
Those ties of blood were strong
So much to say,
Those yesterdays
So now don't you turn away.

Hey, mother, father, sister
Hey, come back, tryin', believin'
Hey, mother, father, dreamer

Don't you know that I'm alive for you
I'm your seventh son
And when lightning strikes the family
Have faith, believe.

Don't you know that I'm alive for you
I'm your seventh son
And when lightning strikes the family
Have faith, believe.

Have faith, believe, believe.





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  1. V.... G....

    Forever Steve Perry faithfully ❤ This is one my favorite songs

  2. S.... G....

    An unbelievable voice , awesome performance !!!! 4:58 is incredible !!!!! Steve will forever be in our lives ...❤️😊❤️😊❤️😊❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  3. D.... M....

    That voice. 🤩 The bass is pretty awesome in that song too.

  4. D.... S....

    i know your not President your not classified to know me i love love you

  5. D.... S....

    im your Lord adam Yoseph Achilles Ishmael Moses Ishmael Yeshua Bethlehem crucified 0000 A.D.

  6. D.... S....

    im adam yoseph Achilles Moses Ishmael Gidian Yeshua Bethlehem Christ child not Jesus

  7. N.... B....

    🤘🏼😍❤️

  8. A.... M....

    Que espectacular 🎤 canta en el video Steve Perry ♥ muy bello talento inigualable, brillante preciosa y tremenda voz que él tiene como no emocionarse

  9. a.... f....

    Why did Steve Perry call the song mother father sister Brother?... The word Brother is never spoken in the song.

  10. L.... S....

    I love Steve...i'am Brazilian

  11. D.... H....

    Deen does a better job at this song , plus he's also a very talented drummer 👍

    D.... H....

    Don Hendy you’re so IMO. Deen is very good but he can’t even do the last 15 seconds that Steve Perry does here live. Steve Perry’s vocals are out of this world.

    D.... H....

    Deens voice doesn't sound right with this song. Deen cant do the last 15 seconds of the song

  12. E.... C....

    Another example of Why Steve deserves to be called The Voice!!! Best ever!!! No one comes close!!! What a gift!!!

  13. A.... D....

    Composition and impact.... at its finest.

  14. s.... ....

    All those Journey fans who say they sold out when Rolle left the band and Perry became the focal point can watch this performance and suck it! And I loved Journey with Greg Rolle by the way...

  15. E.... M....

    One of the greatest rock voices EVER!!!!!

  16. O.... Y....

    Best voice ever, ever.

  17. R.... H....

    Perfection!!!!!........sigh.......

  18. M.... L....

    Música linda demais, ,,,,amo,,,,,

  19. g.... ....

    Can't get enough of this. Pure magic. Deep lyrics.

  20. J.... S....

    Best ever voice of all time and I am no spring chicken anymore!…

  21. R.... L....

    2019 and this is straight magic still....

  22. K.... A....

    Lol Steve Perry's voice is so stunning that its fascinating and should be analyzed like a scientific experiment. His voice is absolutely astonishing!!😊😊

    K.... A....

    Kayla Allison There is an e book that’s analyzed Steve Perry’s voice called One in a Million - a Vocal Analysis of 'The Voice' An Argument Paper eBook by Ross Muir (with Jason Galu)

  23. S.... D....

    Chilling

  24. B.... R....

    Ladies and Gentlemen the greatest singer in rock music right here! What a band too!

  25. b.... ....

    Just unbelievable.........nothing even comes close! There are no words!

  26. J.... V....

    I was BLESSED to see Steve Perry during his solo act in 1994 at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles! I still have the ticket stub intact from that time!

    J.... V....

    i remember seeing you there i think it was 1994 and you had on the same shirt as steve seems like only yesterday.

    J.... V....

    @wayouttatune2 Oh Wow!

  27. C.... w....

    Vocal pipes. Can't touch this!

  28. a.... u....

    In my opinion Perry and Kevin Cronin have/had the best voices for the time and music they both were part of

  29. S.... K....

    I was wandering around the streets in Houston, TX in 1982 as a teen, not having a focus or center and I remember listening to this song and knowing that things will be all right.

    S.... K....

    yes i remember you saying that in 82 i think.

  30. D.... V....

    Journey was a great band with Steve Perry, no doubt he is the greatest voice in rock music

  31. P.... S....

    Thank you Journey for

  32. G.... N....

    I want to add this not necessarily just for this song it's not a really upbeat song but their concert how much running around he does and still hit those notes the range and never misses have you ever run up a flight of stairs or something and tried to talk it's hard to talk cuz you're out of breath from just a walking on flight of stairs you know what I mean try an hour and a half two hours of running around stage and hitting those high notes and never missing that and the in all those high notes the whole vocal range

    G.... N....

    Geoff Nason he also did it without ear monitors and guiding tracks or autotune that singers use these days. He’s using floor monitors, no backing tracks.

  33. B.... D....

    I love how he "peels" away the mic at the end!

  34. c.... m....

    Steve Perry, simplemente increíble , el mejor

  35. C.... G....

    Jack, South Lake Tahoe.....LOVE!!!

  36. R.... ....

    I can’t imagine singing this song night after night on tour. Such a challenging vocal. The Voice!

  37. D.... D....

    Sorry but I had to laugh throughout the whole song almost.. the dude is just.. wow.. unreal.

  38. N.... R....

    an amazing song, that takes the listener on an emotional journey. Jon was and still is an amazing composer. I miss this band. But being able to see these videos takes me back to my own journey of appreciating and performing as a keyboardist. Jon has always been an inspiration to me!

  39. l.... b....

    omg!!! perfection.

  40. q.... ....

    This performance is exactly why Perry won't rejoin Journey. Everybody would be expecting this level of vocals from Steve, but they just don't exist anymore. Same with Robert Plant

    q.... ....

    queefreak no Steve Perry divorced the band in 1998. He has no desire to work with Schon/Cain. Led Zeppelin disbanded when Jon Bonham died — they’ve done a a few reunions in the last decade.

  41. M.... M....

    AMAZING!!!

  42. T.... W....

    This is steves voice at his greatest the mans awesome im 57 and still wear his tshirts i have his pic on my wall i met steve augeri in sept in wva super nice guy the closest i was getting to journey if it would have been steve perry i would have died i love that man his voice is untouchable angels

  43. S.... V....

    Yea. Just please.....tribute bands....dont ever try to cover this....🤣

  44. D.... G....

    Nancy, I am with you. I have watched this video 5 times this year alone! I love Steve Perry. Best musician in my lifetime!

  45. M.... L....

    Essa música é linda demais. Steve arrasa na interpretação. ... aí amo amo amo amoooooooo, ,,,,2019

  46. D.... G....

    Love how they are ALL in the moment this must have been an amazing amazing concert

  47. D.... G....

    Doesn’t matter how many times I watch this it gives me chills......amazing those vocals he is the ONLY one...the VOICE love him

  48. J.... G....

    O.M.G!! 0_0

  49. F.... ....

    This beautiful magic man and Queen Ann Wilson ARE THE VOICES!!!

    F.... ....

    When Steve sings he makes love to the words and the songs are the orgasm. Pure soul and devastating emotion that makes u ache cry or go dead silent! At the end he is singing to Dolphins. That is just idk idk just THE VOICE FROM THE HEAVENS!!!

  50. s.... d....

    I have been listening to music all my life. I am now 55 years old. No singer (artist) has ever moved me so much as Steve Perry. I owe you my man !

  51. m.... a....

    HOLY SHEEEET!!!!!

  52. S.... L....

    Acoustic acrobatics at its finest! Goosebump inducing vocals.

  53. T.... T....

    Real old Steve Perry is better than a re-mastered not Steve's voice

  54. E.... ....

    Phenomenal band. Way under appreciated today.

  55. m.... ....

    Top of his game!!! One of the greatest vocalist of my lifetime 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

  56. F.... D....

    Steve's vocal range is at its Apex on this album.... Golden vocal cords!

  57. m.... s....

    He's why I can't sing, he took all of the talent.

  58. S.... H....

    One of the very rare bands that were actually even better live...honestly.

  59. S.... B....

    Just look and listen to him!!! Still love this man.💝☺🐹

  60. T.... T....

    A deep cut from the ESCAPE album. This live take sounds just as good, if not better than the studio version

  61. o.... ....

    the greatest guitar solo of all time

  62. T.... M....

    Steve Perry - untouchable. The Voice

  63. H.... ....

    I've been listening to this song since the day that album came out and this is the first I ever realized that was Steve Perry singing those tones at the very end. I always thought that was on the keyboard LOL. Amazing.

  64. A.... F....

    any others, sounds good... but... he's the voice.

  65. k.... r....

    5:11 I hear an angel singing ... Nov/2019

  66. R.... W....

    THIS IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!Steve Perry....thank you for the songs that orchestrated my life and the hauntingly beautiful VOICE that still gives me CHILLS 42 YEARS LATER!Thank you for making new music in 2018 and blessing your fans with your RETURN!

  67. M.... W....

    Steve "Machine Gun" Smith!!

  68. S.... ....

    Thumbs up for Steve Perry. He made y’all!

  69. �.... �....

    This is the Mozart of modern times!!! Played to Perfection!!!

  70. a.... ....

    Good Lord almighty that was incredible. What an astonishing vocal performance, first and foremost, and how tight and together it was. These guys were/are every bit as good live as the studio versions.

  71. B.... ....

    This IS a voice Ladies and Gentlemen!!!
    Is he even from this world?? 😭

  72. H.... B....

    Opera Rock!..

  73. D.... D....

    Chills every time! Once in a lifetime angelic voice!❤️

  74. L.... L....

    Wow, just wow

  75. V.... C....

    I saw this live and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Absolute perfection.

  76. M.... S....

    Niel good strings
    Words and muisic steve needs the band to survive
    You guys are a family
    Song is on the money heart brother got asound nobody can touch

  77. S.... 3....

    ​@UC-AWyjc1DomGpD52ApeUv1Q​@UCm149jYJI0jqGa2ea-Ecb2Q
    You're correct, Geoff Tate was Perry's equal, and actually a little more disciplined and better than Perry (although the two are different type singers). And it wasn't just The Warning album. Tate had a 10 year period where he soared beyond the power vocalist such as Halford, Dickinson and Dio. He's still great at 60. Sometime after Perry left Journey, Neal Schon actually tried to recruit Tate, but Queensryche was established and he declined (although he wrote a song on a later Journey album (I think Aguilar was lead singer at the time)). Unfortunately, Sedric Robinson betrays his vocal review prowess by throwing Freddie Mercury into the conversation with these two once in a lifetime talents. Mercury was fun and a great singer, but not close to what Tate and Perry were, and not a top 10 rock vocalist (you can have him as best performer if you want, but whatever). These two were the best in any rock genre of music, and are probably the only two vocalist that could have legitimately sung opera had either pursued that course (or just had fun with it). Tate likely could have pulled it off easier, as he had a baritone register while having the ability to sing almost as high as Perry. There's others that are superb talents, but Tate and Perry start and end the conversation of who was the best vocalist (not to be confused with "performer" or "lead singer").

  78. T.... G....

    Another commercial?

  79. S.... P....

    I was a sophmore in highschool at this time. Journey was and still is my Fav band but ONLY with Steve Perry. People need to realize that he sounds in person exactly what he sounds like on Cds/records/cassettes There are so many RARE PURE singers who sound AMAZING in person. We saw Steve with Journey and then by Himself in San Fran. BEST VOCALS EVER!!!!!!! He sings every song like he owns it,, because he does,,lol

  80. E.... J....

    I remember seeing Journey live when this album first came out. I listened to this album weekly... I have went to almost every concert in my region that Journey performed since them, and NONE of them can hit the notes like Steve did that night.... You are a legend Steve!

  81. M.... M....

    Yes that voice perfect pitch, beyond talent. THE VOICE. A masterpiece. A gift for is. Thank you Steve. Ethereal performance.

  82. R.... J....

    If there is another single live vocal better than this I have yet to find it. Escape was his vocal pinnacle IMO

  83. �.... �....

    Никто в россии не знает эту группу, я пребываю уже полтора года в шоке. Не думал, что Journey и Стива Перри знают лишь в цивилизованных странах

  84. D.... P....

    CHILLS...everytime!!!

  85. T.... C....

    Boy I miss those 80s skintight jeans 🤤

  86. r.... ....

    STEVE PERRY IS UNIQUE THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER STEVE PERRY

  87. K.... ....

    The most incredible vocal/ journey performance I have ever heard. I always thought that last 15 seconds of the song was a synthesizer, but it was actually Perrys voice! And of course Neil Schon is a rock guitar god on this.

  88. B.... C....

    I’d consider myself a fan of Journey and have never heard this masterpiece until about two weeks ago. This song/performance is amazing.

    B.... C....

    I can't believe that the record company didn't promote this back then ! I have heard it on the radio since from then less than my ten fingers!

  89. J.... J....

    I saw them live for this same tour (Escape), with the same set list as this one in Houston, in May ‘82 in Chicago. I was just 13 years old - completely life changing. Ruined me for any other singer, actually. In his prime, Steve sounded like an angel, not the kind that float around on some cloud, but a badass Archangel. I can’t even tell you how astonishing it was to hear that Voice reverberating to the highest rafters of a giant arena, surrounding you on every side.

    J.... J....

    You just made me envy you. I wish I was there. But I wasn't born yet that time.

  90. B.... R....

    Neal's Father wrote the lyrics for this great song..

  91. J.... L....

    Just back here for like the one thousandth time

  92. L.... ....

    Very Splendid! :D

  93. T.... W....

    I love this man that voice that hair all of him nobody can sing better than Steve Perry

  94. V.... G....

    Great song. He is just simply amazing "The voice" My love for Steve Perry will never die❤

  95. J.... H....

    They suck ma be ok

  96. E.... B....

    Again......566 dislikes? These people don’t know true talent. Steve Perry knocks of out of the park on this song. Could listen to this repeatedly.

  97. A.... L....

    This is the song ! But just listen to the end and that voice ! Omg never be another. Plus he was hot as hell !

  98. J.... S....

    Dean sang this..he’s very good..but Steve Perry’s version was a way way so much great...especially on the last part..Steve is like an angel singing from heaven😘😘😘...

  99. w.... w....

    heard he still got the pipes...

    w.... w....

    william webster “We’re Still Here” “Sunshines Gray” from 2018 album Traces sounds amazing.

  100. C.... M....

    Nailed it!