Written By: Tom Adair
Music by: Matt Dennis
Arranged By: Axel Stordahl – Nelson Riddle – Gordon
Jenkins – Gordon Jenkins
From the Album: Stardust: Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra
Label: Victor – Capitol – Reprise - Reprise
Recorded: 2/7/41 – 4/4/56 – 9/24/74 – 4/8/81
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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 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 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", there was even postage due
I fell in love just once and
then it had to be with you
Everything happens to me
I've never drawn 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
Everything happens to me
Everything happens to me