[ Love potion No. 9 von Searchers ]


LOVE POTION NO. 9
			   

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1.   I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth,                            
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    you know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth.
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    She's got a pad down at 34th and Vine,
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    sellin' little bottles of      Love Potion No. 9.

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2. I told her that I was a flop with chicks,
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    I'd been this way since nineteen     fifty-six.
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    She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign.
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    She said, "What you need is     Love Potion No. 9 ."

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3. She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink.
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    She said "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink".
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    It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink.
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    I held my nose, I closed my eyes,     I took a drink.

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    I didn't know if it was day or night,
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    I started kissin' everything in sight.
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    But when I kissed the cop down at 34th and Vine,
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    he broke my little bottle of      Love Potion No. 9.
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4. = 3.   +    love potion No. 9,    love potion No. 9, 
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   love potion No.   9.......9.  (H7 = B7) (The Searchers)