Love Potion #9 - The Searchers
- Susie Brown
- Oct 13
- 3 min read
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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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Selling little bottles of
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Love Potion Number Nine
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I told her that I was a flop with guys (chicks)
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I'd been this way since 1955 (1956)
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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
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….Love Potion Number Nine"
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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 Indian 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 kissing 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 Number Nine
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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
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Love Potion Number Nine
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Love Potion Number Nine
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Love Potion Number Nine
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Love Potion Number Nine
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