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 Selling little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine I told her that I was a folp 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 No.9" She bend 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 kissing everything in sight but when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Gourth and Vine He broke my little bottle of Love Potion No.9 I held my nose I closed my eyes I took a drink I didn’t know if it was day or night I started kissing everything in sight but when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Gourth and Vine He broke my little bottle of Love Potion No.9 Love Potion No.9 Love Potion No.9