Hayay-yay, yay
Waha-hay yay
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

Mr. Play, it safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed
his kids good-bye
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
of sneaking up on you, 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's 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, hmm
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…

And your life has a funny way
of sneaking up on you
(Oh,) life has a funny, funny way
Of helping you out, helping you out