John Parr

Songwriter: Peter Goalby John Parr

Producer: John Parr

Caught that look in your eye, he's back again
Told me time after time, he's just a friend
I need to know, I can't go on, I won't survive without you
You said you'd laid that ghost to rest, why don't you confess

Chorus:
It's startin' all over again, if this is the start, baby, where will it end
You broke it in two and this heart just won't mend
And it's startin' all over again, startin' all over
I just gotta find out, is it better with him
I've been livin' without, now he's movin' in
I need to know, I can't go on, I won't survive without you
Why d'ya have to hurt so much, I can feel it when we touch

(chorus)
(Solo)
I get down on my knees and pray, you'll be comin' back some day
I can feel it

(chorus)
I can feel it, startin' again, oh I can feel it...

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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Letter to America

From the albums

Man with a Vision (1992)
Letter to America (2011)

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