there's always someone finding fault.
If it ain't one thing, it's another.
to tell me I ain't worth my salt.
If it ain't one thing, it's another.
When I get in the middle,
people stand around and gloat
It looks like everybody tries
But when they call me shorty brother,
Whenever I got cigarettes,
And then sometimes it's just vice versa
when it's impolite to scratch
My shoes are always shined up
but there's patches on my clothes
and that's the way it goes
And thinkin' about the atom bomb
If it ain't one thing, it's another
And he talked to me just like a brother
He said my blood was healthy,
but the pressure's kinda low
If it ain't one thing, it's another
He told me to be careful,
or someday I'd up and die
He said you'll have to die,
and I told him I would try
Just when I had to live on milk,
the dog -gone -cow went dry
Sometimes I think I'll end it
I'd only go below and wind
If it ain't one thing, it's another
And then I just remembered
that my insurance ain't paid up
It goes to show that anything