Bad English

Ow
Oh yeah
If you wanna put a message
Through my heart
Shoot the arrow in the morning hey
I'm gonna rise and shine
And wake you up
And move you without warning
Call my name
I understand the reason for desire
The band of gold I give to you will be the ring of fire
Something in your kiss that lasts forever
Burning in the heat for you
Love you 'round the clock
You get the best of what I got
Oh yeah
Gonna work all day to buy you pretty things
Cause you're such a pretty girl
You can work me overtime knock me out
Got my senses in a whirl
Like a locomotive burning down the track
You're my destination
One on one and kiss for kiss
You're my fascination
Something in your touch that holds the promise hey
You've got me feeling all shook up
Love you 'round the clock
You get the best of what I got
Oh yeah
I put my key inside your door

And it feels so good
When I come home at night
We're rocking the neighborhood
Rocking the neighborhood
Something that you read about in headlines
I feel the heat for you
I wann rock you 'round the clock
You get the best
You get the best of what I got
Oh yeah
You get the best of what I got
Ow
I wanna love you 'round the clock
(best of what I got)
Oh
You get the best of what I got
(best of what I got)
Ow
That's right
I wanna love you 'round the clock
(best of what I got)
Ow
Ooh yeah
(best of what I got)
That's right
You get the best of what I got
(best of what I got)
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
(best of what I got)

Bad English was a short-lived hard rock supergroup best known for their chart-topping rock ballad “When I See You Smile”. The band came up with their name while shooting pool between studio takes. The term means ‘putting the wrong spin on a cue ball’.

After releasing four successful albums on his own, ex-Babys frontman John Waite felt the urge to front a band again. When his manager suggested teaming up with a previous bandmate, he reconnected with ex-Babys Jonathan Cain (while Cain’s band Journey was on hiatus) backstage at a Heart concert. Cain had already been in touch with another ex-Babys member Ricky Phillips about ‘doing a band with the rock attitude of The Babys again’. The three began writing songs together.

Neil Schon (also of the then-inactive band Journey) occasionally stopped by the studio and offered to play guitar to help the band out. However, he ended up officially joining the project and recruiting Wild Dogs drummer Deen Castronovo. After accumulating seven songs, a conference call between the band, producer Ritchie Zito and their A&R man led to adding songs written by outside songwriters like Martin Page, Mark Spiro and Dianne Warren – the latter contributing the ballad “When I See You Smile” (a song previously offered to Alias frontman Freddie Curci).

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