Writer(s): Dennis/Adair

Verse:
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.

First refrain:
I make a date for golf,
And you can bet your life it rains.
I try to throw a party,
And the guy upstairs complains.
I guess I'll go thru life,
Just catchin' colds and missin' trains,
Ev'rything happens to me.

I never miss a thing,
I've had measles and the mumps.
And ev'ry time I play an ace,
My partner always trumps.
I guess I'm just a fool,
Who never looks before he jumps.
Ev'rything happens to me.

At first my heart tho't 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,
I sent an "Air Mail Special" too.
The answer was goodbye,
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I fell in love just once,
And then it had to be with you.
Ev'rything happens to me.

Second refrain (as sung by Sinatra et al)

I never caught a rainbow,
Never found a pot of gold.
I lost at dice in Vegas,
Every single time I rolled.
I've marked my daydreams cancelled,
And the winter's gettin' cold.
Everything happens to me.

I've known a lot of ladies,
But there's something that I lack.
Whenever there's a break-up,
I'm the one who holds the sack.
And when I give my heart away,
I always get it back.
Everything happens to me.

Repeat the bridge:
At first I thought... etc etc

In the school of life,
I've been lucky just to pass.
And now I'm chasing rainbows,
With the losers in the class.
And, you know, you can't find rainbows,
In the bottom of a glass.
Everything happens to me.