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Mother

3:29alternative r&b Album Juniper 2025-09-19

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Lyricist, Background Vocal, Associated Performer, Lead Vocalist, Composer: Joy Crookes

Drums: Nathan Allen

Percussion: Oli Savill

Bass: Alex Bonfanti

Lyricist, Piano, Composer: Sam Beste

Synthesizer, Keyboards, Programmer: Steve Pringle

Violin: Blaize Henry

Violin: Ellie Stanford

Violin: Elodie Chousmer-Howelles

Violin: Gita Langley

Violin: James Douglas

Violin: Jessie Murphy

Violin: Kotono Sato

Violin: Philippa Mo

Violin: Rosie Langley

Violin: Sarah Daramy-Williams

Violin: Sarah Sexton

Viola: Amy Stanford

Viola: Jo Galtin

Viola: Marianne Haynes

Cello: Rachel Lander

Cello: Klara Romac

Composer, Lyricist: Barney Lister

Composer, Lyricist: Joel Pott

Producer, Mixing Engineer, Engineer, Executive Producer: Blue May

Assistant Engineer: George Chung

Assistant Engineer: Chris Bolster

Mastering Engineer: Matt Colton

Music Director, Arranger: Amy Langley

Executive Producer: Harvey Grant

A& R Director: Fin Kemp

A& R Director: Alastair Kinross

A& R Director: Glyn Aikins

Lyrics and translation

Original

I was making faces at my brother.
Come on, tell your sister that you love her. Don't lie.
I know we got problems, that's just family, and God knows what we carry from our history.
Don't hide from my body and my mind, body and my mind.
Hurt in the bloodline, I'm gonna break, oh, mother.
Why I gotta be like that?
I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, but we don't have to carry on the past.
Oh, mother,
I don't wanna be like that.
I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, but I won't let my baby live with any of my past.
Heavy, heavy heartbreak made our country.
Why does Mama India feel so far off from me? Don't hide.
All these little boys were putting hands on what they probably shouldn't.
Really wish that touch was something that we didn't have in common.
Always lives in my body and my mind, body and my mind.
Hurt in the bloodline, I'm gonna break, oh, mother. Why
I gotta be like that?
I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, but we don't have to carry on the past.
Oh, mother,
I don't wanna be like that.
I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, but I won't let my baby live with any of my past.
I wanna break the cycle, I got all your tears and then nothing more.
I wanna break the cycle, leave the bad, bad, bad, bad behind.
I wanna love the loves to love and give my baby a chance that I never had.
Oh, mother, why I gotta be like that?
I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, but we don't have to carry on the past.
Oh, mother, mother, I don't wanna be like that.
Oh, I know it's been bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, but I won't let my baby live with any of my past

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