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At the CathedralJohn Parr

Songwriter: John Parr

Producer: John Parr

Today at the cathedral they read out their names
Just like they've done for a thousand years
And a thousand years before
I'm not William Wallace
I'm not Robert the Bruce
I am just an English boy embarrassed by the truth

Today at the cathedral they read out their names
And the bitter wind blew through me, some things never change
They took away their country
Laid the clans to waste
And left a land of heroes
Turnin' in their graves

Today at the cathedral they read out their names
Sarah, John, Richard, and Paul
God bless them all
God bless William Wallace
God bless Robert Bruce
God bless the voice of freedom
God bless the voice of truth

Today at the cathedral they read out their names
Just like they've done for a thousand years
And a thousand years before
God bless them all
God bless them all

John Parr

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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