Every time my ship comes in
A hurricane blows it out again
Stormy weather seems to
hang around my door
My sweet bird of paradise
Flew the coupe on me last night
Every time it rains, Lord, don't it pour
I got a letter from the IRS
It said you're in a serious mess
My computer shows you up
ten thousand more
Well, that machine's
made a bad mistake
Cause that's more than
this poor boy makes
Every time it rains, Lord, down it pours
Every time it rains,
life just washes my car
The whole neighborhood goes swimming
in my front yard
Well, there's a monkey on my back
with a family of four
Every time it rains, Lord,
don't it pour
Here we go
I just got my car out of the shop
Two blocks down the street
and it stopped
Went to use the telephone
at a grocery store
When I got back to
get my Chevrolet
Someone had the sucker towed away
Every time it rains,
Lord, don't it pour
Every time it rains, I just wash my car
The whole neighborhood goes swimmin'
in my front yard
There's a monkey on my back
with a family of four
Every time it rains, Lord, don't it pour
My mother -in -law said she's
stayin' for three weeks more
Every time it rains, Lord,
don't it pour