Love Potion #9
Bewitched Elixirs: Unraveling the Mysterious Tale of Love Potion #9
Lyrics
I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
Took troubles to Madame Ruth for advice
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
Describing Madame Ruth's appearance
She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Madame Ruth's location on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Selling little bottles of love potion number nine
Madame Ruth sells love potion number nine
I told her that I was a flop with chics
Expressing romantic struggles to Madame Ruth
You've been this way since 1956
Referencing personal history since 1956
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
Madame Ruth examines the narrator's palm
She said, "What you need is love potion number nine"
Madame Ruth recommends love potion number nine
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
Madame Ruth flirts with the narrator
She said, "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink"
Plans to create the potion in the sink
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink
Description of the potion's appearance and smell
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
Narrator drinks the love potion
I didn't know if it was day or night
Effects of the potion on the narrator's perception of time
I started kissing everything in sight
Narrator becomes impulsive and starts kissing indiscriminately
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Kisses a cop, possibly leading to trouble
He broke my little bottle of love potion number nine
Cop breaks the narrator's love potion bottle
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
Narrator drinks the potion again
I didn't know if it was day or night
Narrator loses track of time again
I started kissing everything in sight
Resumes impulsive kissing
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Kisses another cop, facing a similar consequence
He broke my little bottle of love potion number nine
Repetition of the cop incident
Love potion number nine
Reiteration of love potion number nine
Love potion number nine
Repetition for emphasis
Love potion number nine
Final mention of love potion number nine
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