John Parr

Songwriter: Sandy Vee Tor Erik Hermansen Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Katy Perry Ester Dean

Producer: John Parr

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under scream, no one hears a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you?
'Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the Fourth of July

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Ooh, oh, oh"
You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down

You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe the reason why all your doors are closed
So you can open one, leads to a perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know

You gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the Fourth of July

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"
You're gonna leave 'em, oh, oh, oh

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em, come on, show 'em, babe
Come on, show 'em

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Baby, boom, boom, boom
Brighter than the moon, moon, moon

You're a firework
Show 'em what you're worth
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth, hey

Baby, you're a firework
Come on and show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Boom, boom, boom"
Just make 'em go "Boom, boom, boom"

Baby, you're a firework
You're a firework
Baby, you're a firework
Baby, you're a firework
You're a firework

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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