John Parr

Songwriter: Betsy Durkin Matthes John Parr

Producer: John Parr

Introducing, from Brockton, Massachusetts
Heavy weight, captain of the wild, Rocky Marciano

I was on the road to nowhere, just these six strings to my name
On the run from one more one-night stand, seekin pleasure in the pain

Shinin like a diamond in the sand, you made me understand
I hear you saying, over and over

When you know what you want, you gotta come out fightin
Just like a ragin bull, like a bolt of lightnin
Like a fire brigade, with the flames ignitin
Life is rough but its sure excitin
You know what you want, you gotta come out fightin

I built walls to hide my feelins, just another good-time boy
Never carin what I said or done, breakin hearts like they were toys

No, never goin back to where I was, baby thats because
I hear you sayin, over and over, sayin over and over

When you know what you want, you gotta come out fightin
Just like a ragin bull, like a bolt of lightnin
Like a fire brigade, with the flames ignitin
Life is rough but its sure excitin
You know what you want, you gotta come out fightin

(Like the fire brigade) Burnin down down the highway to you
(Like the fire brigade) You know its true
(Like the fire brigade) Like a fire brigade
(Like the fire brigade)

You know what you want, you know what you need
You know what you want, you know what you need

You know what you want, you gotta come out fightin
Just like a ragin bull, like a bolt of lightnin
Like a tidal wave, when the surf is rising
You wipe out but youre back there riding
You know what you want, you gotta come out fightin

You know what you want, you gotta come out fightin
Just like a ragin bull, like a bolt of lightnin
You know what you want, you gotta come out fightin
Life is rough but its sure excitin
You know what you want, you gotta come out fightin
You gotta come out fightin, you gotta come out fightin

You know what you want, you gotta come out fightin (repeats out)

Like a ragin bull...

John Parr (born 18 November 1952) is a Grammy-nominated English musician, best known for his 1985 US #1 single “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” and for his 1984 single “Naughty Naughty” (US Rock #1). Parr was nominated for a Grammy award for “St Elmo’s Fire” in 1985.

Parr first entered the music scene when he was 12 years old and formed a band with two fellow schoolmates, which they named The Silence. The band had achieved some success. They eventually became professional and started to tour Europe. He then joined a band named Bitter Suite who were a huge success in the working men’s clubs in Yorkshire, he then formed a “Super Band” with musicians from other working men’s club bands, and named the band Ponders End , a band that set a new precedent for the bands in the north.

Parr secured a publishing deal with Carlin America in 1983 and in the same year Meat Loaf asked him to write some songs for his new album. It led to a fateful meeting with John Wolff, who was tour manager for The Who. Foreseeing the initial demise of The Who, Wolff was looking for a new venture and considered Parr to be a suitable partner. Parr first visited America in 1984 and worked with Meat Loaf on Bad Attitude. Meanwhile, Wolff secured Parr’s solo Atlantic recording deal in New York.

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