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Everything Happens to Me

from Here I'll Stay by Justin Hayford

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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
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
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air

I've known a lot of love, but there is something that I lack
Each time that there's a break-up, I'm the one who gets the sack
And when I give my heart away, I always get it back
Everything happens to me

I've telegraphed and phoned and 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

Tom Adair, Matt Dennis

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from Here I'll Stay, released December 1, 2012
Tom Adair, Matt Dennis

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Justin Hayford Chicago, Illinois

Justin Hayford is a Chicago-based singer and pianist who specializes in bringing new life to jazz standards, both well known and obscure. He has released three previous CDs on the LML Music label, focusing on lost tunes from the American popular songbook. Show Business Weekly says, "“Cool, classy and clever, Justin Hayford’s impeccable taste is an oasis of sanity in a world gone mad.” ... more

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