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Love Potion No. 9

The Searchers



I took my troubles down to Madam Ruth.

You know, that Gypsy with the gold capped tooth.

She's got a store front down at Thirty Fourth and Vine,

sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine.

I told her that I was a flop with chicks.

I've been that way since Nineteen Fifty Six.

She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign.

She said, "What you need is Love Potion Number Nine."

She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink.

She said, "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink."

It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink.

I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink.

I didn't know if it was day or night,

I started kissin' ev'ry thing in sight.

But when I kissed a cop down at Thirty Fourth and Vine,

he broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine.

She bent down, turned around and gave me a wink.

She said, "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink."

It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink.

I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink.

I didn't know if it was day or night,

I started kissin' ev'ry thing in sight.

I had so much fun that I'm goin' back again.

I wonder what happened with Love Potion Number Nine.

Love Potion Number Nine.

Love Potion Number Nine.

Love Potion Number Nine.

Love Potion Number Nine.