Everything Happens to Me
Jinxed in Love: Teddy Wilson's Tale of Endless Misfortune
Lyrics
Black cats creep across my path
Symbolic reference to bad luck, superstition
Until I'm almost mad
Expressing frustration and nearing madness due to continuous misfortune
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath
Suspecting a connection with the devil or evil forces
Cause all my luck is bad
Feeling that all luck is negative
I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
Plans foiled by unexpected obstacles, using golf as an example
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
Efforts to celebrate hindered, perhaps by noisy neighbors
I guess I'll go through life
Reflecting on a life filled with setbacks
Just catchin' colds and missin' trains
Summarizing a life of illnesses and missed opportunities
Everything happens to me
Expressing a sense of inevitability and resignation to fate
I never miss a thing
Constantly experiencing and noticing misfortunes
I've had the measles and the mumps
List of past illnesses, emphasizing a pattern of adversity
And every time I play an ace
Card-playing metaphor, always losing even with good cards
My partner always trumps
Continued theme of bad luck, others always outdoing
Guess I'm just a fool who never looks before he jumps
Admitting to impulsive actions without considering consequences
Everything happens to me
Reiteration of a life filled with unfortunate events
At first my heart thought you could break this jinx for me
Initial hope that love could break the pattern of misfortune
That love would turn the trick to end despair
Believing in the transformative power of love to end despair
But know I just can't fool this head that thinks for me
Realizing that love alone cannot change the situation
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air
Sacrifices made for love, but facing harsh reality
I've telegraphed and phoned
Attempts to communicate and connect with the beloved
I send an "Airmail Special" too
Expressing urgency and importance in reaching out
Your answer was "Goodbye"
Receiving a cold and final farewell
And there was even postage due
Even additional costs incurred in the rejection
I fell in love just once
Recalling a single, significant past love
And then it had to be with you
Implying that the one love experienced was with the current hardship
Everything happens to me
Reiteration of the recurring theme of constant misfortune
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