Love Potion No 9-The Clovers I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine Sellin'little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine I told her that I was a flop with chics I've been this way since 1956 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 it looked like Indian 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'everything in sight But when I kissed a cop and Thirty-Fourth Vine He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine 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'everything in sight But when I kissed a cop and Thirty-Fourth Vine He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine