I wrote this song a cou­ple of decades ago. I was still learn­ing how to fore­see the times when my then girl­friend was about to become a lit­tle, well, unpre­dictable. She was like­ly to be — from my point of view any­way. Prob­a­bly she thought dif­fer­ent about this, claim­ing that any­body in their right mind could only react like she did to the obvi­ous blun­ders I made.

Dead wrong of course.

The song effec­tive­ly mix­es coun­try music, Beat­lesque har­monies, and a grunge-style cho­rus. This and the dif­fi­cult lyri­cal struc­ture of the verse were prob­a­bly the rea­sons why I nev­er fin­ished it.

What Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong — Lyrics

Let’s go for a ride it’s a sun­ny day
We’ve got noth­ing to hide so put on your shades
So I don’t see what I’m doing
Or if a storm is brewing
And it’s a ride to the ruins of
The fun­ny ways we’ve had

Can’t you sense that I feel a bit uneasy
When reck­less­ly you try to tease me
With things I heard you say before
When you meant them. See I’m keep­ing score
Of the bruis­es, though I know it’s useless
And for now, it’s not so bad

Talk­ing to you I’m talk­ing to a time bomb
Walk­ing with you I’m walk­ing on a minefield
Didn’t you warn me every­thing was fine

What can go wrong will go wrong eventually
what can go wrong must go wrong, it’s as plain as can be
Ask any­body ask some­body oth­er than me
’Cause when it comes to this you don’t believe me