Everything Happens to Me
Jinxed in Love: Embracing Life's Twists with Joe Temperley
Lyrics
Black cats creep across my path
Feeling unlucky as black cats cross the path
Until I'm almost mad
Experiencing a sense of madness due to unfortunate events
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath
Suspecting that the speaker angered the devil, bringing bad luck
Cause all my luck is bad
Attributing all luck to be bad, possibly due to supernatural causes
I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
Plans for golf getting thwarted by unexpected rain
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
Efforts to host a party disrupted by complaints from the neighbor upstairs
I guess I'll go through life
Expecting a life filled with catching colds and missing trains
Just catchin' colds and missin' trains
Expressing a resigned attitude towards life's challenges
Everything happens to me
Summarizing a general sentiment that everything goes wrong for the speaker
I never miss a thing
Claiming to never miss any misfortune
I've had the measles and the mumps
Listing past experiences of illnesses such as measles and mumps
And every time I play an ace
Noticing a pattern where success is elusive, even with a winning card
My partner always trumps
Complaining about partners always having a trump card
Guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Admitting to being impulsive and not considering consequences
Everything happens to me
Reiterating the theme that everything goes wrong for the speaker
At first my heart tho't you could break this jinx for me
Initially believing that love could break the streak of bad luck
That love would turn the trick to end despair
Having hope that love could bring an end to despair
But know I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Realizing that hope was in vain, unable to fool oneself
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Metaphorically losing all dreams and aspirations
I've telegraphed and phoned
Attempting to communicate through telegrams and calls
I send an 'Airmail Special' too
Sending a special message, possibly expressing urgency
Your answer was 'Goodbye'
Receiving a goodbye message, even requiring postage payment
And there was even postage due
Highlighting the cost and finality of the relationship's end
I fell in love just once
Recalling falling in love only once, with the person mentioned
And then it had to be with you
Emphasizing the exclusivity and significance of that love
Everything happens to me
Reiterating the theme that everything happens negatively to the speaker
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