John Parr

Songwriter: Peter Goalby John Parr

Producer: John Parr

Midnight, I'm waiting for love to show, this time I won't let love go
She's late, I'm waiting, last train to town, this time I can't let love down

All my life, so much wasted time, reaching out, gonna take whats mine

This time is gonna be the last time, 'cos this time we know it's gonna last
Single bars and one night stands, leave em buried in the past
Cause this time is gonna be the best

Daylight, she's sleeping, her hand in mine, this time this girl is mine
Last night, ooh that feeling, new lovers entwined, I know her love is mine

I was blind, you were standing there, all this time, so much we can share

This time is gonna be the last time, 'cos this time we know it's gonna last
Single bars and one night stands, leave em buried in the past
Cause this time is gonna be the best
Yeah listen baby

This time it's for real, the feeling is right this time
This time it's for sure, no way we can lose this time, now you're mine

This time is gonna be the last time, 'cos this time were gonna make it last
Single bars and one night stands, just keep em buried in the past
This time I promise you the best, so listen honey

This time, oh, it's gonna be the best
This time, it's gonna be forever
This time, and it's gonna last, this time
This time...

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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