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 coop on me last night
Oh, and every time it rains
Lord, don't it pour?
I got a letter from the IRS
They said, "Son, you're in a hell of a mess
Our computer shows
You owe ten-thousand more"
That machine's made a bad mistake
Cause that's more than this poor boy makes
Oh, and every time it rains
Lord, don't it pour?
Every time it rains
I just washed my car
The whole neighbourhood
Goes swimming in my front yard
Well, my mother-in-law
Says she's staying three weeks more
Oh, and every time it rains
Lord, don't it pour?
Just got my car out of the shop
Two blocks down the street it stopped
I went to use the telephone
At the grocery store
I walked back to my Chevrolet
But they towed that sucker away
Oh, and every time it rains
Lord, don't it pour?
Every time it rains
I just washed my car
The whole neighbourhood
Goes swimming in my front yard
Well, my mother-in-law
Says she's staying three weeks more
Oh, and every time it rains
Lord, don't it pour?
Well, and every time it rains
Lord, don't it pour?