Everything Happens to Me
Jinxed Love: Embracing Life's Twists Through Ben Sidran's Melody
Lyrics
Black cats creep across my path
Experiencing bad luck, symbolized by black cats crossing the path.
Until I'm almost mad
Feeling on the brink of madness due to persistent bad luck.
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath
Suspecting that the speaker has angered the devil, causing the streak of bad luck.
Cause all my luck is bad
Attributing all misfortune to a run-in with the devil.
I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
Planning a golf date, but it always rains, adding to the string of unfortunate events.
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
Attempting to host a party, but facing complaints from the person living above.
I guess I'll go through life
Expressing a resigned attitude toward facing a life filled with challenges.
Just catchin' colds and missin' trains
Summing up a life marked by catching colds and missing trains, indicative of ongoing difficulties.
Everything happens to me
Reflecting on the theme that everything seems to go wrong in the speaker's life.
I never miss a thing
Claiming to never miss any misfortune or negative occurrence.
I've had the measles and the mumps
Listing past experiences of illnesses like measles and mumps, emphasizing a history of challenges.
And every time I play an ace
Describing a recurring pattern where, in a card game, the speaker's success is thwarted by their partner.
My partner always trumps
Continuing the theme of being outsmarted or hindered in various situations.
Guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Admitting to a tendency to act impulsively without considering consequences.
Everything happens to me
Reiterating the idea that everything, including unfortunate events, happens to the speaker.
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me
Initially hoping that love could break the cycle of misfortune.
That love would turn the trick to end despair
Believing that love would bring an end to despair and change the course of events.
But know I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Realizing that love alone cannot overcome the speaker's ingrained pattern of bad luck.
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Acknowledging the speaker's investment in unrealistic dreams and aspirations.
I've telegraphed and phoned
Having made extensive efforts to communicate with the person of interest.
I send an "Airmail Special" too
Using various means, including telegraph and phone, to reach out to the person.
Your answer was "Goodbye"
Receiving a farewell message with additional emotional cost, metaphorically represented by postage due.
And there was even postage due
Highlighting the emotional toll and effort invested in the failed relationship.
I fell in love just once
Recalling a single instance of falling in love, and it happened to be with the person in question.
And then it had to be with you
Emphasizing that the speaker's only experience of love ended in heartbreak.
Everything happens to me
Restating the pervasive theme of constant misfortune in the speaker's life.
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