Everything Happens to Me
Fate's Dance of Misfortune
Lyrics
Black cats creep across my path
Experiencing superstition and bad luck with black cats crossing the path.
Until I'm almost mad
Feeling almost driven to madness by persistent bad luck.
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath
Suggesting that the speaker may have angered or provoked negative forces.
Cause all my luck is bad
Attributing all luck to be bad, possibly due to a perceived curse or unfortunate circumstances.
I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
Expressing a pattern of misfortune, where planned events like a golf date are thwarted by unexpected rain.
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
Highlighting difficulties in socializing, as attempts to host a party are disrupted by complaints from the neighbor upstairs.
I guess I'll go through life just catchin' colds and missin' trains
Resignation to a life marked by catching colds and missing trains, emphasizing a sense of perpetual misfortune.
Everything happens to me
Reflecting on the theme that everything, including unfortunate events, seems to happen to the speaker.
I never miss a thing
Conveying a sense of constant awareness and involvement in every situation, despite the negative outcomes.
I've had the measles and the mumps
Listing past experiences of illnesses such as measles and mumps, adding to the theme of enduring misfortune.
And every time I play an ace
Describing a card-playing situation where even having a winning card (ace) leads to disappointment, as the partner always trumps.
My partner always trumps
Expressing a tendency to act impulsively without considering consequences.
Guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Acknowledging a foolish tendency to jump into situations without careful consideration.
Everything happens to me
Reiterating the theme that a series of unfortunate events happens consistently to the speaker.
At first my heart tho't you could break this jinx for me
Initially hoping that love could break the pattern of misfortune, but realizing it hasn't.
That love would turn the trick to end despair
Expressing a belief that love could bring an end to despair or bad luck.
But know I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Admitting the inability to deceive oneself into thinking that love can change the speaker's fate.
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Metaphorically referring to the speaker's dreams and aspirations that have been jeopardized or lost.
I've telegraphed and phoned
Describing efforts made to communicate, possibly with a sense of desperation or urgency.
I send an 'Airmail Special' too
Highlighting attempts to reach out using various means, including an 'Airmail Special.'
Your answer was 'Goodbye'
Receiving a final, definitive answer of 'Goodbye' in response to the attempts at communication.
And there was even postage due
Adding a detail of postage due, emphasizing the finality and cost of the goodbye.
I fell in love just once
Sharing a rare experience of falling in love, implying that this love also brought hardship.
And then it had to be with you
Acknowledging that the one instance of falling in love was with the person contributing to the speaker's misfortune.
Everything happens to me
Concluding the song with the persistent idea that a series of unfortunate events is a recurring pattern in the speaker's life.
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