John Parr

Songwriter: John Parr

Producer: Julia Downes John Parr

Drinking and smoking, nothing can satisfy
Sleeping together, you are my only vice

You are the controller, the master of all my senses
Youre working me over, theres no escape

'Cause you can run, but you can't hide
In everyone of us, theres a hunger deep inside
We all need love, we all feel pain
Though we feel the winds of change, the story still remains the same

Dancing, together, two bodies feel as one
Closer and closer, destiny leads us on

You are the controller, the master of all my senses
Youre taking me over, theres no escape

'Cause you can run, but you can't hide
In everyone of us, theres a hunger deep inside
We all need love, we all feel pain
Though we feel the winds of change, the story still remains the same

And now you broke through my defenses, you brought me in out of the cold
But as the atmosphere condenses, I write my name across your soul

'Cause you can run, but you can't hide
In everyone of us, theres a hunger deep inside
We all need love, we all feel pain
Though we feel the winds of change, the story still remains the same

Cause you can run, but you can't hide
Through the fire and the flame that keeps burning deep inside
We all need love, we all feel pain
Though we feel the winds of change, the story still remains the same

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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