EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME
(Thomas Adir / Matt Dennis)

Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Frank Sinatra) - 1941
Stan Getz (Instr.) - 1955
Rosemary Clooney - 1957
Chet Baker - 1958
Julie London - 1959

Also recorded by:
Mina; Sonny Stitt; Bud Powell; Thelonius Monk;
Matt Dennis; Harlem Swing Trio.....and others.




As recorded by FRANK SINATRA:

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 and the guy upstairs complains
I guess I'll go through life just catching colds and missing 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
Your 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


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As recorded by JULIE LONDON:

I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
I guess I'll go through life just catching colds and missing trains
Everything happens to me

I never missed 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 I thought that you could break this jinx for me
That you could turn the trick to end despair
But I can't fool this foolish heart that thinks for me
So I've mortgaged all my castles in the air

I've telegraphed, I've phoned, sent an air mail special too
Your answer was goodbye and there was even postage due
I fell in love just once and then it had to be with you
Everything happens to me
Everything happens to me


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2011)