Everything Happens to Me
Embracing Life's Twists: A Tale of Luck, Love, and Foolish Jumps
Lyrics
Black cats creep across my path
Feeling of superstition and bad luck as black cats cross the path.
Until I'm almost mad
Intensification of distress, almost reaching a point of madness.
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath
Suspecting consequences of disturbing forces like the devil.
Cause all my luck is bad
Attributing misfortune to a negative stroke of luck.
I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
Unfavorable circumstances preventing planned activities.
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
Efforts to celebrate hindered by complaints from neighbors.
I guess I'll go through life
Resigned acceptance of a life marked by sickness and missed opportunities.
Just catchin' colds and missin' trains
Listing common occurrences of catching colds and missing trains.
Everything happens to me
Expressing a sentiment that everything goes wrong for the speaker.
I never miss a thing
Hyperbolic claim of never missing any misfortune.
I've had the measles and the mumps
Listing past experiences of illnesses like measles and mumps.
And every time I play an ace
Highlighting a recurring pattern where success is thwarted by a partner's superior play.
My partner always trumps
Describing a consistent scenario of being outsmarted.
Guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Admitting to impulsiveness and lack of foresight.
Everything happens to me
Reiteration of the theme that misfortune befalls the speaker.
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me
Initial hope that love could break the cycle of bad luck.
That love would turn the trick to end despair
Expectation that love would bring an end to despair.
But know I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Realization that hope and love cannot overcome the speaker's pessimistic mindset.
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Symbolic reference to investing all hopes and dreams into an uncertain future.
I've telegraphed and phoned
Attempts at communication through telegrams and calls.
I send an "Airmail Special" too
Referencing a special delivery as an extra effort to connect.
Your answer was "Goodbye"
Receiving a final response of goodbye, even with extra cost implied.
And there was even postage due
Highlighting the disappointment of additional postage due.
I fell in love just once
Narrator's acknowledgment of falling in love, but just once.
And then it had to be with you
Emphasizing that the one love had to be with the current partner.
Everything happens to me
Conclusion emphasizing the inevitability of misfortune in the speaker's life.
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