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Ironic by Alanis Morissette

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the (1)________ 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 (2)________ you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
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 (3)________ 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 (4)________ when you've already paid
It's the good advice (5)________ you just didn't take
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 (6)____________________ blows up in your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A 'No Smoking' sign on (7)________ cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's (8)______________ the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
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 (9)________ you just didn't take
Who would've thought ... it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out
Answers:
(1) next(2) when(3) that(4) ride(5) that(6) everything(7) your(8) meeting(9) that