Thursday, August 25, 2011

BAD ENGLISH: WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE [14]




Bad English was an American/British hard rock supergroup formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys..The members decided on a name for the band while playing pool. John Waite missed a shot and Jonathan Cain made a comment on how bad his "english" was (referring to the spin a player puts on the cue ball) and the band decided to use the phrase.The name is also thought to be a reference to The Babys, since the name was misspelled and an example of bad English.

Jonathan Cain and guitarist Neal Schon, who had enjoyed enormous success in Journey, continued on to form Bad English with Waite after Journey disbanded.[2] The first album, eponymously titled, was a big seller with three hit singles, including the number one hit "When I See You Smile" written by Diane Warren, the top 10 hit "Price of Love," and "Possession." Another track from the debut album, the AOR song "Best of What I Got", was featured in the soundtrack to 1989's Tango and Cash.
The band's second album, 1991's "Backlash" came and went without any fanfare. The only single, "Straight To Your Heart," just missed the Top 40, peaking at #42. Ricky Phillips writes on his website that the group had parted company before the second album had been mixed. Both Phillips and guitarist Neal Schon expressed frustration with the "pop" side of the band's songs and wanted a harder edge. In the end, it proved to be the band's undoing as everyone left to pursue other projects.

In later interviews Waite revealed that although he loved playing to stadium-sized audiences, he was uncomfortable with the corporate rock image that he felt the band had presented and has been a solo artist ever since.

Bad English drummer Deen Castronovo later went on to join a reformed Journey with singer Steve Augeri, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, and Ross Valory. He also played on Ozzy Osbourne's album Ozzmosis in 1995.

Origin Los Angeles, California
Genres Hard rock, AOR
Years active 1988–1991
Labels Epic
Associated acts Journey, The Babys
Members
John Waite
Neal Schon
Jonathan Cain
Ricky Phillips
Deen Castronovo




1. HEAVEN IS A FOUR LETTER WORD.


There's a rumour here, and it's goin' 'round,
can you hear it on the street
If you realize that the pleasure lies
between surrender and the heat
Just take a walk on the wild side,
babe, then I'll meet you halfway there
And if you're talkin' 'bout paradise
No need to say a prayer,
'cos baby I'll take you there


Hey girl, haven't you heard,
heaven is a four letter word
One touch is never enough,
you'll find out when you're in the real world
Heaven is a four letter word
Lose your innocence for experience,
but you've got to take the chance

Can you rock an' roll, can you get down babe,
'cos it's time for you to dance
Don't need to ride in a limousine
to feel like a millionaire
And if you're talkin' 'bout fantasy
It could happen anywhere,
baby I'll take you there


It's like love and kiss, and it feels like this,
baby don't wait too long
It's just me and you, we know what to do,
and it's a long way till dawn, yeah

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2. THE PRICE OF LOVE

Girl, sometimes it seems to me
That I don't say the things I should to you
I act like I’m no good
And you wait for me patiently
This house is not a home without you
It takes two hearts to share

Your eyes will always see through me
and bring me to my knees
And I will always turn to you,
you're everything I need

And through the good and bad times,
you have always been there
We hold each other close,
you tell me it's alright
The nights we fight about it,
never dream of giving up
That’s the price of love, oh yeah

Love, sometimes it makes us cry
Forgive me when I get it wrong
Sometimes it's hard to be that strong
And oh, I would do anything
For you I’d turn the stars around,
I’d find a way somehow

This time you see I built a bridge to you again
Love shines, we'll sweep away the past
We’re more than lovers, more than friends

And through the good and bad times, you have always been there
We hold each other tight, you tell me it's alright
The nights we fight about it, never think of giving up
That’s the price of love

Your eyes will always see through me
and bring me to my knees
And I will always turn to you,
you're everything I need

And through the good and bad times,
you have always been there
We hold each other close,
you tell me it's alright
And sometimes I can't give enough
That’s the price of love
That’s the price of love, oh yeah
That's the price of love
That’s the price of love, of love


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3. WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE



Sometimes I wonder if I'd ever make it through
Through this world without having you, I just wouldn't have a clue
'Cuz sometimes it seems like this world's closing in on me
And there's no way of breaking free, and then I see you reach for me

Sometimes I wanna give up, I wanna give in, I wanna quit the fight
And then I see you baby, and everything's alright, everything's alright

When I see you smile, I can face the world, oh oh, you know I can do anything
When I see you smile, I see a ray of light, oh oh
I see it shining right thru the rain
When I see you smile, baby when I see you smile at me, oh yeah

Baby there's nothing in this world that could ever do
What a touch of your hand can do, it's like nothing that I ever knew hey

And when the rain is falling, I don't feel it, 'cuz you're here with me now

And one look at you baby, is all I'll ever need, it's all I'll ever need

When I see you smile, I can face the world,
oh oh, you know I can do anything
When I see you smile, I see a ray of light,
oh oh I see it shining right thru the rain
When I see you smile, baby,
baby when I see you smile at me

Sometimes I wanna give up,
I wanna give in, I wanna quit the fight
Then one look at you baby,
and everything's alright, hey everything's alright
So right

When I see you smile,
I can face the world, oh oh, you know I can do anything
When I see you smile,
I see a ray of light, oh oh
I see it shining right thru the rain, yeah
When I see you smile,
yeah I can face the world,
oh oh, you know I can do anything
When I see you smile,
oh yeah, baby when I see you smile, smile at me.....


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4. I NEED YOU NOW

Here I am at six o’clock in the morning
Still thinking about you
It’s still hard at six o’clock in the morning
To sleep without you
And I know that it might seem too late for love
All I know

I need you now, more than words can say
I need you now, I’ve gotta find a way
I need you now, before I lose my mind
I need you now

Here I am, I’m looking out my window
I’m dreaming about you
Can’t let go at six o’clock in the morning
I feel you beside me
And I know that it might seem too late for love
For love, oh

I need you now, more than words can say
I need you now, I’ve gotta find a way
I need you now, before I lose my mind
I need you now, more than words can say
I need you now, oh I’ve gotta hear you say
I need you now, before I lose my mind
I need you now
I need you now


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5. FORGET ME NOT

[Songwriters: Cain, Jonathan; Spiro, Mike; Waite, John;]

You leave the light on at your door
You cross your heart across the bedroom floor
And through the window to your world
You can feel me there and you know I'm waiting

You taste the words of my forbidden kiss
Our eyes connect and we both know what this is

I will be your keeper you possess the key
Forget me not forget me not
'Cause you belong to me, yeah
I will be your shadow when you walk away
Forget me not forget me not
I will follow you until your dying day, oh yeah, oh

A thousand lifetimes long ago
We made a promise we would not let go
And so I come for you tonight
And we live again before we lose each other

I climb a stairway to the open sky
You are my universe I won't be denied no

I will be your keeper you possess the key
Forget me not forget me not
'Cause you belong to me, yeah
I will be your shadow when you walk away
Forget me not forget me not
I will follow you until your dying day, yeah, oh yeah

When I touch you
You will be touched by love

I climb the stairway to your world
You can feel me there and you know I'm waiting

I will be your keeper you possess the key
Forget me not forget me not
'Cause you belong to me
I will be your shadow when you walk away
Forget me not forget me not
I will follow you until your dying day

(Forget me not forget me not)
'Cause baby you belong to me, oh yeah
(Forget me not forget me not)
You're everything I see
(Forget me not forget me not)
And baby you belong to me

You're mine no no no no no
(Forget me not forget me not)
Baby baby baby baby you belong to me
(Forget me not forget me not)
'Cause baby you belong to me, oh yeah
(Forget me not, forget me not)

Forget me not forget me not
Forget me not forget me not
Forget me not forget me not
Forget me not forget me not



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6. MAKE LOVE LAST

[Songwriters: Cain, Jonathan; Waite, John;]

Aey, ooh

Now the sand is shiftin' through your life
The hands of time are twistin' through your days
A captured moment in your kiss
Like winter snow it's gone, melted away

There's a chapel on the edge of town
Baby, take my hand
Before they tear it down, yea
'Cause now we find nothing's what it seems
Let me hold you close
Through these drivin' dreams

'Cause the world is turnin' much too fast
And time won't wait
Gotta make love last
'Cause the fields are burnin'
And there's no returnin'
Till the future finds the past
We gotta make love last
Make love last, yea

Like a rose explodin' in the sun
A precious time to live before it's gone
Tears fall on the ocean from different skies
Inside your kiss, I wake and find the dawn

In temporary ways we give
But eternally our hearts will live
For now we find nothing's what it seems
You better run with me
Through these drivin' dreams

'Cause the highway's fadin' much too fast
And time won't wait
We gotta make love last
'Cause the fields are burnin'
And the season's turnin'
Till the future finds the past
This time we gotta make love last

Ooh, ooh
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh
Yea
Ahh, ahh
'Cause the world is turnin' much too fast
And time won't wait
We gotta make love last
'Cause the fields are burnin'
And the season's turnin'
Till the future finds the past
This time we're gonna make love last
We gotta make love last
'Cause the highway's fadin'
And the world is turnin'
Much too fast
We gotta make love last
Make love last


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7. STRAIGHT TO YOUR HEART


[Songwriters: Schon, Neal; Cain, Jonathan; Waite, John; Spiro, Mark;]

I can't reach behind your eyes
You always look away
You hide behind your alibis
And change your mind
From day to day

If there's something I can do
Then I'll be there
Outside your broken world
You?ll see, it's me who cares

Take me straight to your heart
'Cause this time's real and real lasts forever
I know, where you are
'Cause you know, I've been there before
Straight to your heart

I watch you move
And I watch you dance
I watch you drift away
And I'd give anything for you
And you know that's bad
When it gets that way

You can't go on like this
And I don?t wanna fight again
I don?t give a damn anymore

Right or wrong you?re gonna let me in

Straight to your heart
'Cause this time?s real and this time's forever
I know where you are
'Cause baby, I've been there before
Straight to your heart, this time, this time

Baby, I know where you are
'Cause you know, I've been there before
Then maybe I'll break down the walls
And my love will go straight to your heart

Inside, take me inside
Yeah, straight to your heart
'Cause this time's real and real lasts forever
I know where you are
'Cause this time we?re goin' all the way

Straight to your heart, this time, this time
Baby, it's straight, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
This time it?s straight to your heart
Oh yeah, 'cause this time it's real


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8. GHOST IN YOUR HEART


[Song writers: Cain, Jonathan; Page, Martin George; Waite, John Charles;]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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
The ghost in your heart

In your heart
In your heart
Ghost in your HEART.....


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9. POSSESSION


[Songwriters: Phillips, Ricky Lynn; Cain, Jonathan; Waite, John Charles;]

Oh yeah, oh yeah

I can't find myself when you go away
Makes me wonder where you are
Is there someone else I just need to know?
This charade has gone too far

For the first time in my life, feel I'm losing control
I can't keep pretending it's my soul that you own
I need you

My heart's in your world tonight
(Possession)
And you hold the key to my life
(Possession)
I've got to be with you I wanna dream with you
You're my obsession, I want possession, of you

I can't play this game am I in too deep?
'Cause my world is where you are
You're always on my mind the little things you say
I can feel you everywhere

The trace of your lipstick I can taste your perfume ]
The note that you left me leaves a space in this room
I need you

My heart's in your world tonight
(Possession)
And you hold the key to my life
(Possession)
I've got to be with you I wanna dream with you
You're my obsession I want possession of you, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah

I can't live without you, can't you see that your mine?
I need you
Your heart's in my world
(Possession)
In your world, in your world

Your heart's in my world tonight
(Possession)
And you hold the key to my life
(Possession)
I want possession of you every night
I want possession of you for all my life

I wanna walk with you
(Possession)
I wanna dream
(Possession)
(Possession)
(Possession)


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` 10. BEST OF WHAT I GOT


[Songwriters: Schon, Neal; Cain, Jonathan; Waite, John;]

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
Be the ring of fire, hey

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 got me feeling all shook up
I'll 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, hey
I feel the heat for you
I wanna 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)

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11. READY WHEN YOU ARE

[Songwriters: Schon, Neal; Cain, Jonathan; Cerney, Todd; Waite, John;]

Had a dream, you were with me last night
I was your prisoner in a castle
Hands tied yea
Was it pain? Was it pleasure?
You couldn't decide, no

A mistress who can call my name
I wanted more, yea

'Cause baby I'm ready
Ready when you are
Ready in a heartbeat
A slave for love tonight
I'm ready when you are
That's right, yow

Did you dream?
You were with me
Last night, yea
Was it Paris in a hotel?
Red light
Ooh

Hear me knockin' at your door
I've come back for more
Need some more

'Cause baby I'm ready
Ready when you are
Ready in a heartbeat
A slave for love tonight
I'm ready, babe
That's right auh

I'm ready for you
You're ready for me
I'm ready, girl
Ready as anybody can be

Try another fantasy
You know you're mine
Anytime yea

'Cause
'Cause I'm ready
Ready when you are
Ready in a heartbeat
A slave for love
Ready when you are
Ready in a heartbeat
A slave for love, tonight
I'm ready when you are
Oh babe

Make a wish
Close your eyes
Wear another sleek disguise
Dream baby
Just dream
Sweat baby
Never know what you're gonna get
You never know what you're gonna get
So dream, baby
Sweat
Sweat baby
Dreamin'
Never know what you're gonna get
Dream baby


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12. TIME STOOD STILL

The first time that I saw you
You were dancin’ on the beach
Poetry in motion
But you seemed so out of reach
And the waves
Were breakin’ ’round you
In the California sunset
I made a wish to know you
And touch your golden hair
You turned around and looked at me
And paradise was there
Baby I remember the way you took my hand
Yesterday
Time stood still
As we walked into the night together
The memory is locked in our hearts forever
It seems just like yesterday
Time stood still
We found a little seaside bar
High above the rocks
You were drinking white wine
And I was doing shots
I wondered if you’d stay the night
You just took my hand and led the way
Time stood still
As we made love through the night together
The memory is locked in our hearts forever
Time stood still
Time stood still
The memory is locked in our hearts forever
Oh yeah
I thought that I’d seen love before
But what you showed me
Well that’s something more
Love found two strangers walking on the shore
We threw our watches in the sea
I looked at you you looked at me
And time stood still
We made a fire on the beach that night
And watched the seagulls circle in the morning light
Maybe there are some things
We’re not meant to understand anyway
Time stood still
But love goes on forever
The memory is burned in our hearts forever
Oh yes
Time stood still
The moment’s gone forever
But I will love you till
Time stands still in our hearts forever
Oh yeah
Time stood still
Time stood still
Time stands still in our hearts forever
Seems just like yesterday
Time stood still
Time stands still
Time stood still
Oh yeah
Time stood still
Forever...


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13. THE BEST OF WHAT I GOT


Oh yeah

If you wanna put a message to my heart,
should be early in the morning
I'm gonna rise and shine or wake you up,
and move you without warning
Call my name, I understand the reason for desire
The pen of gold I give to you,
could be the ring of fire
Something in your kiss that lasts forever
Burning in the heat for you,
I love you 'round the clock

You get the best of what I got, oh yeah

Gonna work all day to buy you pretty things,
'cos 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, a kiss for a kiss,
you're my fascination
Something in your touch that holds the promise
You got me feeling all shook up,
I 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 rockin' the neighborhood
Rockin' the neighborhood

(Instrumental break)

Something that you read about in heavens
I feel the heat for you, I wanna 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, aw
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) aw, that's right
I wanna love you 'round the clock (best of what I got) aw, ooh, yeah
(Best of what I got) that's right
You get the best of what I got (best of what I got)... (to fade)

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14. IN DREAMS


In my life I’ve seen such things
That I wish I had not seen
But through your eyes I can let it go
When you’re lying here with me

Sunshine knocking on my window
Couldn’t wake me from this dream we dream
Cos baby any way the wind blows
I will follow you, it seems
That in my life I still believe in dreams

Where you are is where I’ll be
That’s all that really matters to me
The world out there, hey, can kiss my ass
As long as I’ve got you, I’m free, free

Sunshine knocking on my window}
Couldn’t wake me from this dream we dream
Cos baby any way the wind blows
I will follow you, it seems
That in my life I still believe in dreams

The world out there can kiss my ass
As long as I’ve got you, I’m free, free

Sunshine knocking on my window
Couldn’t wake me from this dream we dream
Cos I don’t care which way the wind blows
I will follow you, it seems
That in my life I believe
Cos in your life you believe in dreams


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