love potioN Number NiNe - clovers

Love Potion No 9
Written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller


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Lyrics:
I took my troubles down to Madame Rue
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 chicks
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 India 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 down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine

Singers:
1. The Clovers August 1959 2. The Searchers (billboard hot 100 1965) July 1963 3. Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders October 1963 4. Jan Rohde & The Adventurers 1963 5. Ronnie Dio & The Prophets 1964 6. Casey Jones and The Governors 1964 7. Tony Jackson with The Vibrations February 1965 8. The Ventures February 1965 9. Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass 1965 10. Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs 1965 11. Enoch Light Orchestra 1965 12. Gary Lewis & The Playboys 1965 13. The Rockets [2] 1965 14. Jewel Akens 1965 15. Johnny "Hammond" Smith 1967 15. The Coasters November 1971 16. Xhol 1972 17. Elkie Brooks 1977 18. Rinder & Lewis 1979 19. The Nylons 1982 20. Tygers of Pan Tang 1982 21. Lee Towers 1983 22. Beau Nasty 1989 23. Neil Diamond October 1993 24. Return 2 Zero 2000 25. Jan Keizer October 21, 2001 26. Noblemen 2003 27. Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters November 6, 2009 28. Lucy Lucy February 7, 2014

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