John Parr

Released: September 13, 1996

Songwriter: John Parr

Producer: David McKay John Parr

If you ever change your mind
Don't look back, give it another try
Back across the great divide
One small step, would keep the dream alive
But don't write me a letter
Don't give me a call
Don't tell me we've got no future left at all

If you ever change your mind
Don't hold back, don't swim against the tide
Down these rivers we have cried
No more tears, they are not a part of you and I

So don't write me a letter
Don't promise you'll call
Don't say that we'll never make it after all

If you ever change your mind
You might find
We all make mistakes sometime
You and I, we never got the breaks
I always felt we had the strength to see it through
All those values that we held on to
Darlin' I still believe
I believe in you

If you ever change your mind
Don't hold back
Trust in the one you left behind
Give that school another try
You and I, we could get it right this time

So just drop me a letter
Just walk through that door
Just show you were only human after all

Did you ever change your mind
You might find
We all make mistakes sometimes

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.

more tracks from the album

Under Parr

From the album

Under Parr (1996)

John Parr popular songs

We All Make MistakesJohn Parr

John Parr

Under Parr