I Just Can'T Win

I Just Can’t Win I pay taxes all year long and still the IRS grins Knowing any profits I make will go to them Spending money on the lottery- a one in a million shot Buying a hundred dollars in magazines but Publisher’s Clearing House never knocks Slaving all day at mopping the floors and vacuuming the rugs Then having four little ones drop their ice-cream with fudge How about buying a new car-being so proud and delighted Then driving off the lot having its value deflated Having season tickets to the Chicago Cubs Never to win a World Series and this really bugs Being sick and going to the doctor is right But when you have no insurance, the bill is out of sight But the worst of all is entering this poetry contest When knowing I just can’t win even though I do my best