John Parr

Released: September 13, 1996

Songwriter: John Parr

Producer: John Parr

Call me, the lady said call me
She left the number, written on the wall
A hundred times I've called it
Noon and night and mornin'
It's ringin' off the wall

Call me, you say any time call me
Leave a little message
Just wanna hear your sweet voice
Every time I dial it
Your damn machine keeps whinin'
On and on, leave a message at the tone

She ain't in, she's not home
But I swear, I bet you're not alone
You're with him, I can tell
You don't care
Girl, I know you oh so well
I ain't cryin', I ain't green
'Cause I'm sick an tired of
Makin' love to your answer machine

Call me, you must be joking baby
Screw you, you had me by the balls
Girl I got your number
They had you listed under
Cruel and mean
By the way screw your answer machine

You ain't in, you're not home
But I swear, I bet you're not alone
You're with him, I can tell
You don't care
Girl, I know you oh so well
I ain't cryin', I ain't green
And I'm sick and tired of
Makin' love to your answer machine
Listen baby
Won't you please pick up the phone
Don't keep me hangin' on the line
Got a mean operator
Chewin' at my ear, says I'm down
Yes I'm down, too many times

I can't eat, I can't sleep
I'm makin' love, to your answer machine
All day, all night
But you, you don't hear a word I say
Baby I'm yours, it's obscene
And I'm sick and tired
Of your machine

She ain't in, she's not home
Yeah I swear, I know you're not alone
You're with him, you don't care
So much pain, hurtin' more than I can bear
Baby I'm yours, it's obscene
I keep makin' love to your machine
I'm obsessed, set me free
'Cause I'm sick and tired of
Makin' love to your answer machine

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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