You Can Do Nothing Wrong (in My Eyes)

The Scaremongers – You Can Do Nothing Wrong (In My Eyes)

Personnel:
Vocals: Armitage, Speedy Sue
Bass: Glen Smith
The Rest: Smith
Engineer: Jason Salisbury

Recorded at HD1 in Huddersfield, June 26th/27th and July 26th 2007

Smith says:

The melody for You Can Do Nothing Wrong (In My Eyes) was floating around my back catalogue of unfinished pop songs for many a year. I mean, probably twenty. It had a couple of lines here and there - something about Simon Bates being over the hill, and the You Can Do Nothing Wrong hook, but it wasn't about anything. It needed shoring up, some structure, a lyrical idea to tie it all together. This is where Armitage took it and ran with it, gave it some personality, a point.

It was the first song we worked on, passing it backwards and forwards over the internet. The original vocals on the beta version had myself and my better half duetting, and I'm still extremely fond of that version. When it came to be recorded in the studio, the female vocal was performed with great aplomb by Speedy Sue, a singer of the Old Skool - putting in a masterly performance as the other part in the song's duet. The bass is played by Glen Smith, formerly of the Dez Lawrence Soul Explosion - the finest soul band to ever grace the Bradford University Hall's Balls circuit. It's important to let people know that the spirit of Geoff Bird runs through the whole track - that lad is an inspiration, even though the guitar lines we'd asked him to play were not what the song needed - sorry, Geoff!

We'd had a couple of days in the studio working on this and Nodding Dog, and once we got the thing home, we realised it wasn't right - it didn't move like the demo did, and the vocals were too far down in the mix. So we booked another day and came out a lot happier.

Lyrics

You Can Do Nothing Wrong (In My Eyes)

(Boy)
Like all the rest -
you weep at sunsets in the west.

(Girl)
Like all the least -
you sleep through sunrise in the east.

(Boy)
You’re a daddy’s girl -
he buys you dresses and you twirl.

(Girl)
You’re mummy’s boy -
in snake-belt kex and corduroy.

(Boy)
But like Humberside is Yorkshire still
and Lancashire is over the hill
and loneliness is Gaping Ghyll,
we never fought and we never will…

(Both)
‘Cos you can do nothing wrong in my eyes.
You can do nothing wrong in my eyes.
(Boy)
Some go mental for pills and smokes,
(Girl)
and some go sleeping with other blokes,
(Both)
but you can do nothing wrong in my eyes

(Boy)
You took me in -
with pillow talk and Bombay gin.

(Girl)
You walked me home -
I woke up naked and alone.

(Boy)
I plucked a rose -
and strew the petals on your clothes.

(Girl)
That rose was dead -
It passed away behind the shed.

(Boy)
But like Humberside is Yorkshire still
and Lancashire is over the hill
and loneliness is Gaping Ghyll,
we never fought and we never will…

(Both)
‘Cos you can do nothing wrong in my eyes.
You can do nothing wrong in my eyes.
(Boy)
Some go looking for tabs and wraps,
(Girl)
and some go loafing with lesser lads,
(Both)
but you can do nothing wrong in my eyes

(Boy)
You watch the dawn -
and talk about the earth reborn.

(Girl)
You watch the dusk -
like watching iron turn to rust.

(Boy)
If looks could kill -
they’d find me slaughtered on the hill.

(Girl)
The day you laugh -
I’d frame it in a photograph.

(Both)
But like Humberside is Yorkshire still
and Lancashire is over the hill
and loneliness is Gaping Ghyll,
we never fought and we never will…

(Both)
‘Cos you can do nothing wrong in my eyes.
You can do nothing wrong in my eyes.
(Boy)
Some go hunting for thrills and flings,
(Girl)
and some find fault in every little thing,
(Both)
but you can do nothing wrong in my eyes.