Bad English

When I hold you in my gaze
When there's nothing else to say
I can still find you when you look away
You can say to me we're through
You can say that you are free
But you fool yourself
You belong to me
The more you wanna run
You can't make it to the door
Took a chance on love
Now we both want more
And tonight goes on forever
I can feel it in my life
I can see it in your eyes
Going through this world together
Finding paradise with you
Into the savage blue
The savage blue with you
When the storm has passed us by
And the crowd has come and gone
I will be with you
Cause our love goes on
And we share a quiet place
That no one else can touch
Spirits live as one
And our souls are free
I will wait for you
Now my heart's an open door
Tell me that you'll stay
Don't wanna lose you anymore
And tonight goes on forever
I can feel it in my life

I can see it in your eyes
Going through this world together
Finding paradise with you
Into the savage blue
Baby come with me
And tonight goes on forever
I can feel it in my life
I can see it in your eyes
Going through this world together
Finding paradise with you
Into the savage blue
(tonight goes on forever)
When I'm alone with you
(tonight we are together)
Oh yeah
(tonight goes on forever)
Into the savage blue
(tonight goes on forever)
When I'm alone with you
(tonight we are together)
Makin' love to you
(tonight goes on forever)
Into the savage blue
(tonight goes on forever)
(tonight we are together)
(tonight goes on forever)
(tonight goes on forever)
(tonight we are together)
(tonight goes on forever)
(tonight goes on forever)
(tonight we are together)
(tonight goes on forever)

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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