Everything Happens to Me
Fortunes Unraveled: Embracing Life's Quirks Through Maxine Sullivan's Melody
Lyrics
Black cats creep across my path
Superstitious imagery; black cats symbolize bad luck crossing the speaker's path.
Until I'm almost mad
The accumulation of unfortunate events is affecting the speaker's mental state.
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath
Suggests the speaker may have angered or displeased a supernatural force, leading to their string of bad luck.
Cause all my luck is bad
Confirmation of the speaker's consistently poor luck.
I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
Attempts at planning and enjoyment are consistently thwarted; a metaphor for life's unpredictability.
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
Efforts to celebrate or enjoy life are disrupted, perhaps reflecting a lack of control.
I guess I'll go through life
Expression of resignation to a fate of enduring hardships.
Just catchin' colds and missin' trains
Life is characterized by catching colds and missing trains, emphasizing continuous misfortune.
Everything happens to me
Summarizes the recurring theme that everything goes wrong for the speaker.
I never miss a thing
The speaker is hyper-aware of misfortunes, never overlooking any mishaps.
I've had the measles and the mumps
List of past afflictions, using illnesses as metaphors for life challenges.
And every time I play an ace
An unfortunate pattern where even positive actions lead to negative outcomes.
My partner always trumps
Despite efforts, success is elusive; someone always outshines the speaker.
Guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Acknowledges impulsivity and a lack of foresight, contributing to the speaker's troubles.
Everything happens to me
Reiterates the theme that everything, including love, brings misfortune to the speaker.
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me
Initial hope that love could break the streak of bad luck.
That love would turn the trick to end despair
Expectation that love would alleviate despair and misfortune.
But know I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Realization that love hasn't rescued the speaker from their streak of bad luck.
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Metaphor for investing heavily in dreams and hopes, only to see them collapse.
I've telegraphed and phoned
Efforts to communicate and connect with the source of hope and love.
I send an "Airmail Special" too
Utilizing various means to reach out, emphasizing the significance of the message.
Your answer was "Goodbye"
The disappointment of receiving a goodbye response, with additional hardship (postage due).
And there was even postage due
An unsuccessful attempt at maintaining a connection, highlighting rejection and additional costs.
I fell in love just once
Expresses the rarity of love in the speaker's life, making its loss particularly impactful.
And then it had to be with you
Love, once found, ended up causing pain and misfortune.
Everything happens to me
A conclusive statement emphasizing the inevitability of misfortune in the speaker's life.
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