black cats creep across my path until i'm almost mad
i must have roused the devil's wrath 'cause all my luck is bad
i make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
i try to give a party but the guy upstairs complains
i guess i'll go through 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 he jumps
everything happens to me
at first my heart thought 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
so i've mortgaged all my castles in the air
i've telegraphed and phoned
sent an air mail special
too
you answer was goodbye"