John Parr

Track Listing

1.

Magical

2.

Naughty Naughty

3.

Love Grammar

4.

Treat Me Like An Animal

5.

She's Gonna Love You To Death

6.

Revenge

7.

Heartbreaker

8.

Somebody Stole My Thunder

9.

Don't Leave Your Mark On Me

10.

St. Elmo's Fire

Magical

Up in the attic where the skeletons hide
We all live in fear of the door and what's behind
A door you dare not open, 'cause what you'll find
A close encounter of the sexual kind
Love in the shadows, like a smoking gun

Batten down, baby, lock all doors, you got the love that I'm coming for
Your hair's so straight, I can make it curl
There's a little bit of bad in every good little girl
Love in the shadows, like a smoking gun

Is it really what you want, one more broken heart, one more lost and lonely
Is it really what you need, another broken heart

Chorus:
When it happens, it'll be magical, I'm not knocking it, here's to the magic
When it happens, it'll be magical, I'm not knocking it, here's to the magic

Pull up the blankets, you won't hear a sound
The pounding's like thunder when it shakes the ground
You got a hunger only I can feed
You try to fight it off but you're in too deep
Love in the shadows, love in the shadows, like a smoking gun

Is it really what you want, one more broken heart, one more lost and lonely
Is it really what you need, another broken heart

(chorus)

Heat, flame, embers - it can be magical
Heat, flame, embers - smoking, smoking
(repeats 2x)

Fire keeps burning up, fire keeps burning

(chorus repeats out...)

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Naughty Naughty

I put my hand on your stocking
I was movin' nice and slow
Let my fingers do the walking
And there ain't far to go

Don't tell me "I don't wanna be a girl like that"
Do you wanna see a grown man cry?
You don't wanna be a girl like that
But this could be the first time
This could be the first time

Naughty naughty
Loud and bawdy
TTTT tease me
Take it easy hug and squeeze
A naughty naughty guy

Bedroom eyes, they undress me
Take me, cut me to the bone
Lace and satin pressed against me
Should we call a chaperone

Don't tell me "I don't wanna be a girl like that"
Do you wanna see a grown man cry
You don't wanna be a girl like that
But this could be the first time
This could be the first time

Naughty naughty
Cute and horny
TTTT tease me
Take it easy
Hug and squeeze me, love outta line

With your hair hung down
And your dress ridin' high
And your eyes burning hot like the sun
Kiss me hard, squeeze me tight
Gonna love you all night
Cause I'm a naughty, naughty, naughty guy

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Love Grammar

You wanna shake my hand, say there's no hard feelings
But there's another lie between the lines I'm reading

If you want him, then take him, just push me away, baby I just got to know
If you want him, then have him, there's no other way, yeah

I tear your letters up, and flush away the pieces
How does that saying go, you'd love me till hell freezes

You're lyin', I'm dyin' a little each day, girl you know it hurts me so
Stop duckin' and diving, come right out and say

Chorus:
'Cause I can't take no more of this
Love grammar, takin' me and breakin' me up, love grammar, the grammar of love
I before he except after she - knows I'll always be there
Ready or not, she took what I got - to give and she don't care - I before he

Don't wanna lose control, and maybe rock proceedings
Don't fear a new attack, the fact is I'm conceding

If you want him, then take him, don't treat me this way
Cause I just feel like letting go
You want him, you got him, I'm leavin' today

(chorus)

Love grammar, takin' me and breakin' me up, love grammar, the grammar of love
Love grammar, takin' me and breakin' me up, love grammar, the grammar of love

I before he except after she - knows I'll always be there
Ready or not, she took what I got - to give and she don't care
I before he except after she

Love grammar (I before he, except after she)... (repeats out)

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Treat Me Like An Animal

There's a light at the edge of the darkness
A cool clear light, entices me there
And I know that I'm your slave, I'm yours for eternity, there's no escape

I've had love, now I'm thru with it, feed the body, not the mind
That's all I need to survive

Treat me like an animal, then maybe you'll be satisfied
Treat me like an animal, and taste a little wildlife
My friends think you're cool, you're so nice and polite
But when I get you home, and you turn out the light
Treat me like an animal, treat me bad

In her eyes I see dark latent passion
No one's safe, she takes what she can

I've had love, now I'm thru with it, feed the body, not the mind
That's all I need to survive

Treat me like an animal, then maybe you'll be satisfied
Treat me cruel, don't treat me kind, and taste a little wildlife
There ain't nobody watching you, so you can drop respectable
Just tell me everything you like, and then we'll see what I can do
My friends think you're cool, you're so nice and polite
But when I get you home, and you turn out the light
Treat me like an animal, treat me treat me nice

I see you, 'n I touch you, 'n I want to take you through the night babe
Don't chain me, uncage me, just tame me, you know what I like babe

Treat me like an animal, then maybe you'll be satisfied
There ain't nobody watching you, so you can drop respectable
Just tell me everything you like, and then we'll see what I can do
Treat me like an animal, treat me cruel
Treat me like an animal, treat me cruel
Yes, treat me like an animal, baby treat me like an animal, treat me bad

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She's Gonna Love You To Death

They call her Angel
She’s the devil’s child
Just for the hell of it
She drives men wild

Just like the spider
Hypnotizing the fly
She works them over
Then she drains them dry

You can’t deny her
Even though you try

She’s a bird of prey
And she’s getting her revenge
By tearing out the hearts
Of all the sad and family men

She’s gonna love ya to death
Beware, there’s evil in the dark
Her lovers all play a part
In some bizarre duet
She’s gonna love ya to death
You’re just a man without a name
Mixing passion with her pain

You’ll feel the panic in your breathing
Lying there your body bleeding
Drowning in your seat (ah ah)
She’s gonna love ya to death

She hands around the bar
And dressed to kill
If her perfume don’t get ‘em

Her leather pants will

But if she takes you home
You’ll never survive
When the lovin’s over
She’ll eat you alive

She has a hanger
To be satisfied
Don’t try to tell me
That her nightmare is a dream
I’ve felt her body quicken
And I’ve heard her mournful screams

Take her in your arms
Even though you’re terrified
If you’re on the road to hell
You might as well enjoy the ride
(She’s coming for you)

She will cut
Then she’ll watch you bleed
She will take you
With the Devil’s speed
You wanna break outta here
You wanna be free

She will claw you back
You’re on the slide
She will heat you up
Then watch you fry
You’ll never get outta here
You’ll never be free

(She’s coming for you)

She’s gonna love ya to death
Beware, there’s evil in the dark
Her lovers all play a part
In some bizarre duet
She’s gonna love ya to death
You’re just a man without a name
Mixing passion with her pain

You’ll feel the panic in your breathing
Lying there your body bleeding
Drowning in your sweat

She’s gonna love ya to death
Beware, there’s evil in the dark
Her lovers all play a part
In some bizarre duet
She’s gonna love ya to death
You’re just a man without a name
Mixing passion with her pain.

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Revenge

Did you say it for effect, or was it true, don't tell me, I can guess
I've sailed your seas of lies, but floundered on the rocks, I'm drowning

I was walking on the wire, one look at you and it could light my fire
Burning up in your desire, there's just one thing pulling me through

Chorus:
Revenge, I thought you'd be here forever, sharing a future that's gone
I know it's over, but still the fight goes on
Revenge, one for the lost and the lonely, ending each day with if only
You left me cold, I'm the victim now you've gone

Revenge, I need revenge

Did you see the way she looked, the way she smiled, I've seen it all before
I could write a book, I'd like to kiss and tell, or shout it

I was walking on the wire, one look at you and it could light my fire
Burning up in your desire, there's just one thing pulling me through

(chorus)

Revenge, I need revenge, I'm taking revenge, I need revenge

I've got to find a new direction, I'm searching for the right connection
You're clawing me back, but I'm working on a new attack

(chorus)

Revenge, I thought you'd never deceive me, you and you fooled all along
I just want more than the victory that you've won
Revenge, one for the lost and the lonely... (to fade)

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Heartbreaker

When they look lost and all alone, maybe staring at the phone
Let me tell you that's the time, I make my play

A cup of coffee usually buys me in, pretty soon the game begins
And while I'm staring in their eyes, they don't realize
There ain't no way they can win

He can give them everything they want, take them to the highest high

Chorus:
I'm a dreammaker, I'm a heartbreaker, I love 'em, when I leave 'em, they cry
I'm a dreammaker, I'm a heartbreaker, I love 'em, when I leave 'em, they cry

Movin' slow and talking fast, I want the fun to last
For creatures of the night, I lay in wait

Feel the fire, feel the flame, all too soon they feel the pain
They don't give a damn, cause they need this kind of man
They know there's evil in me

He can give them everything they want, take them to the highest high

(chorus)

Any kind of fool can see I'm heartless, I got a one track mind
They tell me I'm their prince of darkness, I'm just that kind of guy

(Solo)

Say you're gonna give it to me, say you're gonna give it to me
You're gonna give it for free, you're gonna give it to me
I'll do what I can, I'm a wanted man

I'm a dreammaker, I'm a heartbreaker, I love 'em, when I leave 'em, they cry
I'm a dreammaker, I'm a heartbreaker, I'm a dreammaker, I'm the seataker

I'm a dreammaker, I'm a heartbreaker (repeats out)

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Somebody Stole My Thunder

I don't wanna be the reckless one, the man with the gun
I don't wanna be the reckless one
I had it, I lost control, the chance I'd hungered for, out the door

Heard it on the peacetime radio, the ratings were low
I heard it on the peacetime radio
Now it was just the same old song, with all those same old lines
Wasn't mine, wasn't mine, ooh

Chorus:
Somebody stole my thunder, left me to die in the wind and rain
Somebody stole my thunder again
Look at the strain I'm under, devil may care, it's a loser's game
Somebody stole my thunder again

Caught him down in Soho, layin' tracks, the knife in my back
His stealin' days are numbered, that's a fact
I stuck it to him face to face, but he just turned and laughed
Laughed his last, he's the past, ooh

(chorus)

People dancing everywhere, never knowing, never care
Diggin' all that rock 'n roll, they don't care whose song he stole

Somebody stole my thunder, left me to die in the wind and rain
Somebody stole my thunder again
I left him six feet under, the devil may care, it's the price he paid
He'll never steal my thunder again

Somebody stole my thunder, left me to die in the wind and rain
Somebody stole my thunder again
I left him six feet under, left him to die in the fallin' rain
Somebody stole my thunder again... (to fade)

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Don't Leave Your Mark On Me

Under your protective wing I walked into the night
And a thousand angry demons up and took flight
I went running through the fields with the fever in my veins
And the rain came crashing down and tried to clear my name
Above my head, all in red, I could see you bearing down on me
You said you're not running out, you said you're not leaving now
I will find you, there is no way
I'll keep tracking you down in the still of the night
Forever, you're mine forever

Chorus:
Don't leave your mark on me, no need to reply
I'm not staying, I'm just killing time
Don't leave your mark on me, no need to reply
I'm not staying, no, I'm not staying no

This nightmare never ends, memories of absent friends

Mistress of the darkness, accomplice of the night
A shadow in the doorway beckons me inside
And something led the way though I couldn't see its face
And a voice from deep inside me screamed to get out of this place
In my head, someone said that the jailor turned the key on me
He said you're not running out, he said you're not leaving now
I will find you, there ain't no way, no way, yeah

(chorus)

This nightmare never ends, memories of absent friends

(Solo)

Don't leave your mark on me
(Nightmares that will never end, drink a toast to absent friends)
(repeats out)

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St. Elmo's Fire

Growin' up
You don't see the writin' on the wall
Passin' by
Movin' straight ahead you knew it all

But maybe sometime if you feel the pain
You'll find you're all alone
Everything has changed

Play the game
You know you can't quit until it's won
Soldier on
Only you can do what must be done

You know in some way, You're a lot like me
You're just a prisoner, And you're tryin' to break free

I can see a new horizon
Underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flyin'
Higher and higher
Gonna be a man in motion
All I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lying
St. Elmo's Fire

Burnin' up
Don't know just how far that I can go
Soon be home
Only just a few miles down the road
I can make it, I know I can
You broke the boy in me
But you won't break the man

I can climb the highest mountain
Cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me
Burnin' in me

Just once in his life
A man has his time
And my time is now
And I'm comin' alive

I can hear the music playing
I can see the banners fly
Feel like a man again
I'll hold my head high
Gonna be your man in motion
All I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lying
St. Elmo's Fire

I can see a new horizon
Underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flyin' higher and higher
Gonna be a man in motion
All I need is this pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin'
St. Elmo's Fire

I can climb the highest mountain
Cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me

Burnin'
Burnin' in me
I can feel it burnin'.

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