An old man
turned ninety eight
He won the lottery

and died the next day
It' s 
a black fly 
in your chardonnay

It' s a death row pardon
two minutes too late
Isn' t it ironic, don' t you think
It' s 

like rain
on your wedding day
It' s a free ride when
you' ve already paid

It' s the good advice that you
just didn't take
and who would' ve 
thought it figures

Mister 
play it safe was 
afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase

and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole
damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed

down he thought
well isn' t this nice
And isn' t it ironic, 
don' t you think

It' s 
like rain on 
your wedding day
It' s a free ride when

you' ve already paid
It' s the good advice that
you just didn' t take
and who would' ve 

thought it figures.....
Well 
life has a funny way
When you think everything' s

okay and everything' s going right
And 
life has a funny
way of helping you out

When you think everything' s
gone wrong and everything
blows up in your face
A 

traffic jam 
when you' re already late
A no smoking sign on
your cigarette break

It' s like ten thousand spoons
when all you need is a knife
It' s meeting the man 
of my dreams

and then meeting 
his beautiful wife, mmm
And isn' t it ironic, don' t you think
A little too ironic and

yeah I really do think
It' s 
like rain
on your wedding day

It' s a free ride when
you' ve already paid
It' s the good advice that
you just didn' t take

and who would' ve 
thought it figures......
Life 
has a funny way of

sneaking up on you, yeah
Life has a funny,
funny way of helping you out
Helping you out