Intro Verse:
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Black cats creep across my path until I'm almost mad;
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I must have roused the devil's wrath
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'Cause all my luck is bad.
Melody:
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I make a date for golf, and you can bet your life it rains;
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I try to give a party, and the guy upstairs complains.
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I guess I'll go thru life just catching colds and missing trains
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Ev'rything happens to me.
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I never miss a thing I've had the measles and the mumps,
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And ev'rytime I play an ace, my partner always trumps.
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I guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
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Ev'rything happens to me.
Bridge:
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At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me,
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That love would turn the trick to end despair;
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But now I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
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I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
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I've telegraphed and phoned, and sent an airmail special, too;
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Your answer was "Good bye" and there was even postage due.
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I fell in love just once, and then it had to be with you
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Ev'rything happens to me,
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Ev'rything happens to me.