John Parr

Songwriter: John Parr

Producer: John Parr

You may be wrong, you may be right, we dont need this out tonight
When all is said, I still love you
A lonely day, a lonely night, keeps me on this endless flight
When all is said, I still love you

Oh no, dont tell me about it, oh no, I dont wanna hear about it

Chorus:
Running the endless mile through the lonely night
Trying to chase those dark clouds away
Running the endless mile through the lonely night
Miles and miles away, I wanna sleep all day
Youre gonna hear me coming, youre gonna see me running the endless mile

Dont walk away, dont stay and fight, nothing I can do seems right
When all is said, I still love you

Oh no, dont tell me about it, oh no, I dont wanna hear about it

Running the endless mile through the lonely night
Trying to chase those dark clouds away
Running the endless mile through the lonely night
Miles and miles away, I wanna sleep all day
Youre gonna hear me coming, youre gonna see me running the endless mile

The silence is deafening, I hear my heart moan
The water is getting in, can you hear me, can you hear me

Running the endless mile through the lonely night
Trying to chase those dark clouds away
Running the endless mile through the lonely night
Miles and miles away, you can see me coming your way

Running the endless mile through the lonely night, running the endless mile...

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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