Everything Happens to Me
Jinxed in Love: Embracing Life's Twists with Gerry Mulligan
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Black cats creep across my path
Feeling unlucky, encountering obstacles
Until I'm almost mad
Experiencing frustration and near madness
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath
Suggesting a connection with negativity or adversity
Cause all my luck is bad
Attributing bad luck to personal actions
I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
Unsuccessful plans, facing unexpected obstacles
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
Encountering difficulties in social events
I guess I'll go through life
Accepting a life of challenges and setbacks
Just catchin' colds and missin' trains
Describing a series of unfortunate events
Everything happens to me
Expressing a fatalistic outlook on life
I never miss a thing
Being observant and not missing any misfortune
I've had the measles and the mumps
Listing past illnesses, suggesting a history of hardships
And every time I play an ace
Experiencing disappointment, someone always outdoing
My partner always trumps
Failure or betrayal even in favorable situations
Guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Acknowledging impulsive and reckless behavior
Everything happens to me
Reiterating a string of unfortunate events
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me
Initially hoping for a positive change through love
That love would turn the trick to end despair
Believing love could bring an end to suffering
But know I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Realizing love cannot change the situation
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Sacrificing dreams and aspirations for love
I've telegraphed and phoned
Attempting to communicate through various means
I send an "Airmail Special" too
Expressing urgency and importance in communication
Your answer was "Goodbye"
Receiving a negative response, facing rejection
And there was even postage due
Highlighting the cost of rejection, both emotionally and literally
I fell in love just once
Recalling a past romantic experience
And then it had to be with you
Expressing a sense of inevitability in falling in love
Everything happens to me
Concluding the theme of perpetual misfortune
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