As I got on a city bus
and found a vacant seat
I thought I saw my future bride
walkin’ up the street
I shouted to the driver
“Hey conductor, you must slow down
I think I see her,
please let me off this bus”
Nadine, Honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine, Honey, is that you?
Seems like every time I see you darlin’
You got something else to do
I saw her from the corner
when she turned and doubled back
And started walkin' toward
a coffee-colored Cadillac
I was pushin' through the crowd tryin’
to get to where she's at
And I was campaign shoutin’
like a southern diplomat
Nadine, Honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine, Honey, where are you?
Seem like every time
I catch-up with you
You off to something new
Downtown searchin’ for her,
lookin’ all around
Saw her getting’
in a yellow cab headin’ uptown
I caught a loaded taxi,
paid up everybody's tab
With a twenty dollar bill, told him
“Catch that yellow cab”
Nadine, Honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine, Honey is that you?
Seem like every time
I catch-up with you
You off to something new
She moves around like
a wave of summer breeze
Go, driver, go, gone,
catch her balmy breeze
Movin’ through the traffic
like a mounted cavalier
Leaning out the taxi window
trying to make her hear
Nadine, Honey is that you?
Oh, Nadine, Honey, is that you?
Seems like every time
I see you darlin’
You up to somethin’ new