Bad English

Desert highway to a memory
I said that I'd come back for you
By the jukebox at the Starlight Grill
Kickin' out an Elvis tune
Are you waitin' little sister
Killin' time and dreamin' too
You need a fraction of long distance love
I'm driving all night for you, Yeah

I'm gonna be there in a big way
You can leave the radio on
Like an outlaw
Like Jesse James
Another hundred miles is gone
Sunrise to sundown
I'm gonna turn you around
Yeah

Baby I've been so lonely
What am I s'pposed to do
Out in the zone of passion
Out of my head for you
Baby my heart's a mustang
Just let it run its course
Take it up by the river
I'm gonna give you more

Ride the rockin' horse, ay
Hey ride the rockin' horse
Yeah

Got the top down wishin' on a star
Underneath the Spanish moon
Golden Earring on the radio
"Radar Love" is coming through
She's a station on the interstate
I'm coming with a message of love
In the saddle you can ride all night
Rock your reins around my glove yeah
Sunrise to sundown
I'm gonna turn you around yeah

Baby I've been so lonely
What's a man supposed to do
Out in the zone of passion
Out of my head for you
Proof Papa's got the fever
Just let it run its course
Take it up by the river
I'm gonna give you more

Ride the rockin' horse
Hey
Ride the rockin' horse

Baby I've been so
Baby I've been so
Baby I've been so lonely
(Ride the rockin' horse)
Lo-lo-lo-lo-lonely
Lonely
Yeah
Baby I've been so
Out of my head for you
Woah
(Ride the rockin' horse)
Baby I've been so lonely
Baby baby baby
(Ride the rockin' horse)
Babe I've been so lonely
What am I gonna do
Thank you New York
(Ride the rockin' horse)
(Ride the rockin' horse)
(Ride the rockin' horse)

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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