Journey

Released: April 5, 1979

Songwriter: Steve Perry Neal Schon

Producer: Roy Thomas Baker

[Intro]
It ain't always easy
Moving day to day
She said she wants to tease me, so I'm on my way

[Chorus]
When you're alone it ain't easy
You're like a dog that roams
Ain't got no girl to tease me
Ain't got nobody home

[Verse 1]
She told me she'd be there
She phoned me today
Little girl, big teaser
So I'm on my way

[Chorus]
When you're alone it ain't easy
You're like a dog that roams
Ain't got no girl to tease me
Ain't got nobody home[x2]
My, my, my, my, my, my, my yeah[x2]

[Verse 2]
Oo, it ain't always easy
Moving day to day
Oh, how the girl loves to tease me
So I'm gonna stay

[Chorus]
When you're alone it ain't easy
You're like a dog that roams
Ain't got no girl to tease me
Ain't got nobody home
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Nobody home

[Chorus]
When you're alone it ain't easy
You're like a dog that roams
Ain't got no girl to tease me
Ain't got nobody home
When you're alone it ain't easy[x2]
Oh, oh no
Ain't got nobody home

Journey is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973, composed of former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred while fronted by vocalist Steve Perry, from 1978 until the group’s disbandment in 1987. During that period, the band released a series of hit songs, including 1981’s “Don’t Stop Believin'”, which in 2009 became the top-selling track in iTunes history amongst songs not released in the 21st century. Its parent studio album, Escape, the band’s eighth and most successful, reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded another of their most popular singles, “Open Arms”. Its 1983 follow-up album, Frontiers, was almost as successful in the United States, reaching No. 2 and spawning several successful singles; it broadened the band’s appeal in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart. Journey enjoyed a successful reunion with Perry in the mid-1990s and later regrouped with a series of lead singers.

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