Everything Happens To Me

Everything Happens To Me - Carmen McRae

I make a date for golf

You can bet your life it rains

I try to give a party

But the guy upstairs complains

I guess I'll go thru life

Just catchin' colds and missin' trains

Everything happens to me

I never miss a thing

I've had the measles and the mumps

And every time I play an ace

My partner always trumps

I guess I'm just a fool

Who never looks before she jumps

Everything happens to me

At first my heart thought

And you could break this jinx for me

That love would turn

The trick to end despair

But now I just can't fool

This head that thinks for me

I've mortgaged

All my castles in the air

I've telegraphed and phoned

Sent an Air Mail Special too

You answer was goodbye

There was even postage due

I fell in love just once

And then it had to be with you

Everything happens to me

At first I thought

You could break this jinx for me

Love would turn

The trick to end despair

But now I just can't fool

This head that thinks for me

And I've mortgaged

All my castles in the air

Now I've never ever want a sweepstake

Or a bank night at a show

I thought perhaps this time

I'd won but Lady Luck said no

And though it breaks my heart

I'm not surprised to see you go

'Cos everything everything everything happens to me