Every Time It Rains

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 rain, Lord don't it pour I got a letter from the IRS They said, '€œSon, you're in a hell of a mess Our computer shows you owe ten-thousand more'€ Well, that machine's made a bad mistake 'Cause that's more than this poor boy makes Oh, and every time it rain, Lord don't it pour Every time it rains, I just wash my car The whole neighborhood goes, swimmin' in my front yard Well, my mother-in-law says, she's stayin' three weeks more Oh, and every time it rain, 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 s*cker away Oh, and every time it rain, Lord don't it pour Every time it rains, I just wash my car The whole neighborhood goes, swimmin' in my front yard Well, my mother-in-law says, she's stayin' three weeks more Oh, and every time it rain, Lord don't it pour Well, and every time it rain, Lord don't it pour