John Parr

Songwriter: John Parr

Producer: John Parr

The blood of a country's on the street tonight
There's madness all around
Their children are hungry while their mothers weep
I can't forget the sound

We are lost and alone
Doesn't anybody care
Keep us safe
Free from harm
They say this silent prayer

All we need is just a few good men
To set our country free
All we need is just a few good men
Then once again, our children will live free

The heart of a country's beating strong and brave
In every young man's breast
He'll fight like a lion for what he believes
No one shall live oppressed

All for one, one for all
I still hear their battle call
They stood proud
They stood tall
They won't let our nation fall

All we need is just a few good men
To set our country free
All we need is just a few good men
Then once again, our children will be free

Soldier on, through adversity
We must all be brave
Truth and honor
Defeat uncertainty
We need someone to lead the way

All we need is just a few good men
To set our country free
All we need is just a few good men
And soon the blind will see

All we need is just a few good men
In who we can believe
All we need is just a few good men
And once again our children will live free

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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