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 I.R.S
 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 wash my car
 The whole neighbourhood goes 
 Swimmin' in my front yard
 Well, my mother-in-law says she's
 Stayin' 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 wash my car
 The whole neighbourhood goes
 Swimmin' in my front yard
 Well, my mother-in-law says she's
 Stayin' three weeks more
 Oh, and every time it rains, Lord don't it pour
 Well, every time it rains, Lord don't it pour