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