Love Potion No. 9 - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

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 down on Thirty-Fourth and 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 down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine Love Potion Number Nine

When I lay in your arms and our worlds can collide Into one atmosphere, we are here 'til we're not When I see you again as a stranger or a friend Could you give me a kiss from the past? Make it soft, make it last like a lake in a glass Like an endless reminder of us I don't feel love anymore And how it hurts when I walked out of the door Forgetting why we fell in love hurts me the most I recall our minds being strange and alike You were quiet at most, I would watch and explode With a storm in my mind, you would understand why They all name hurricanes after us When I see you again as a stranger or a friend I will give you a kiss from the past I will send you away, hoping you'll be okay With a piece of your heart living in mine I don't feel love anymore And how it hurts when you walked out of the door Forgetting why we fell in love hurts me the most I don't feel love anymore And how it hurts when you walk out of the door Forgetting why we fell in love hurts me the most

Tangerine, she is all they claim With her eyes of night and lips as bright as flame Tangerine, when she dances by Senoritas stare and caballeros sigh And I've seen toasts to Tangerine Raised in every bar across the Argentine Yes, she has them all on the run But her heart belongs to just one Her heart belongs to Tangerine Tangerine, she is all they say With mascaraed eye and chapeaux by Dache Tangerine, with her lips of flame If the color keeps, Louis Philippe's to blame And I've seen clothes on Tangerine Where the label says 'From Macy's Mezzanine' Yes, she's got the guys in a whirl But she's only fooling one girl She's only fooling Tangerine