John Parr

Released: September 13, 1996

Songwriter: John Parr

Producer: David McKay John Parr

It ain't the size of the boat
It's the motion in the ocean
Don't need the tallest ship
To cross the widest sea
It ain't the size of the boat
It's the lovin' and devotion
Somebody listen, somebody please
Hey honey please don't tease

'Cause what you see, is what you get
So dive in the water, get soaking wet
In the motion in the ocean
The motion in the ocean

Size, it ain't everything
Do you measure up, to the pictures in the magazine
Size, it don't mean a thing
The bigger they come, the harder they fall
They ain't around for long
Your mother should know, and she should know

It ain't the size of the boat
It's the motion in the ocean
Don't need the tallest ship
To cross the widest sea
It ain't the size of the boat
It's the lovin' and devotion
Somebody listen, somebody please
Hey honey please don't tease

'Cause what you see, is what you get
So dive in the water, get soaking wet
In the motion in the ocean
The motion in the ocean

Size, it's the car they drive
If it's big and red, little dick sittin' at the wheel
Some guys, think big everything
To the money in the bank, to the prize winning dingaling

Your mother should know, she oughta know
She should have told you so

It ain't the size of the boat
It's the motion in the ocean
Don't need the tallest ship
To cross the widest sea
It ain't the size of the boat
It's the lovin' and devotion
Somebody listen, somebody please
Hey honey please don't tease

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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