It Never Happen’ to Me
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I write letters to folks back home
To tell my mama how things were goin'
I travel near and I travel far
And this is what I write to her
Hollywood is one big fine place
Every man got a handsome face
Praise the quick, you make one big date
With someone nice like the sugar cake
But it never happened to me
Although I'm young and able
It never happened to me at all
It happened to Betty Grable
Then you go down to Washington
If in politics you will run
Not one penny it cost for rent
If they make you President
But it never happened to me
Now mama, is that human?
It never happened to me at all
It happened to Harry Truman
My friend go to a big race track
He look happy when he come back
He pick four winners and two to show
He come home with lots of dough
But it never happened to me
I pick a horse named Myrtle
It never happened to me at all
She must have run like a turtle
New York City is one rich town
You pick money above the ground
Go to Wall Street and get a share
And overnight you're a millionaire
But it never happened to me
No matter where I roam
It never happened to me at all
So mama, I think I go home
I didn't even get on one of those quiz programs
I didn't win any refrigerator or no ticket or nothing
It never happened to me at all, mama
It never happened to me