John Parr

Songwriter: John Parr

Producer: John Parr

I've had a dream
Since I was just a boy
Eighteen today
And I need a new toy

I can taste it
I can feel it

I can see that Silverado in my mind
My baby's ridin' with me
By my side
Feelin' like the coolest guy alive
With that big bad Silverado
In my drive

Well I read all my cards
Stared out at the empty drive
Then I saw somethin' on TV
From the corner of my eye

September eleventh
I'll never forget that day
By September the twelfth
I signed up to make 'em pay

I can taste it
I can feel it

I can see that Silverado in my mind
My baby's ridin' with me
By my side
Feelin' like the coolest guy alive
Drivin' home
Comin' home in style
In that big bad Silverado

Silverado, Silverado, Silverado
Big Bad Chevy

I can taste it
I can feel it

I can see that Silverado in my mind
My baby's ridin' with me
By my side
Feelin' like the coolest guy alive
Drivin' home
Comin' home in style

Silverado, Silverado

If I don't make it home
Mama don't you cry
I'll drive my big bad Silverado
Across the sky

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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