Bad English

[Verse 1]
A little white picket fence
Around your heart
It's everything you wanted
Now it's tearing you apart
You're gonna raise a family now
But you don't know where to start
I remember you

[Verse 2]
Me I pack a suitcase
And move from town to town
A little east of Eden
Too late to turn around
Marionettes on wires
You dance out of control
I remember you

[Chorus]
Are you crying in your sleep tonight?
When you're lying with him
Do you turn out the light?
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight?
In your world
I will be the ghost in your heart
The ghost in your heart

[Verse 3]
Well you said you couldn't take it
You had to settle down
And I was the wild one
With both feet off the ground
I could never understand you
But I loved you anyhow
I remember now

[Chorus]
Are you crying in your sleep tonight?
When you're lying with him
Do you turn out the light?
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight?
In your world
I will be the ghost in your heart
The ghost in your heart
Yeah

[Guitar solo]

[Bridge]
Something in the first kiss
Is written in the sand
We held it for a moment
But it slipped straight through our hands
I stare at your reflection
And sometimes see my face
I remember you
You remember too

[Chorus]
Are you crying in your sleep tonight?
When you're lying with him
Do you turn out the light?
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight?
In your world

[Chorus]
Are you crying in your sleep tonight?
Are you lying with him
Thinkin' 'bout me tonight?
Are you hiding in your dreams tonight?
In your world
I will be the ghost in your heart

[Outro]
The ghost in your heart
In your heart
In your heart
Ghost in your

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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