John Parr

Songwriter: John Parr

Producer: John Parr

Nobody... nobodys watching - yeah!

Dangerous moments, too hot to mention
Pangs at midnight, sexual tension
Running on empty, I need to fill, self stimulation

No code of practice, no rule of thumb
Before you know it, youre overcome
Its satisfaction that we all crave, don't be a stranger

You got an itch you can't scratch
It's in the heat, your purple patch
You got an itch you can't scratch
It drives you crazy, you've met your match
S-C-R-A-T-C-H, baby don't you hesitate, scratch

I'll be right over, he said with a grin
Don't you boil over, before I get in
It's satisfaction that we all crave, don't be a stranger

You got an itch you can't scratch
It's in the heat, your purple patch
You got an itch you can't scratch
It drives you crazy, you've met your match
S-C-R-A-T-C-H, baby don't you hesitate, scratch

Closer and closer, deeper and deeper

You got an itch you can't scratch
It's in the heat, your purple patch
You got an itch you can't scratch
It drives you crazy, you've met your match

You gotta scratch, scratch, you gotta scratch, scratch
It drives you crazy, you've met me, you've met your match
Scratch, scratch, you're gonna let me scratch, scratch
You got an itch you can't scratch
S-C-R-A-T-C-H, baby you don't hesitate...

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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Running The Endless Mile

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Running The Endless Mile (1986)

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Running The Endless Mile