It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink

She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
She said, “I’m gonna mix it up right here in the sink”
It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink.

Love Potion #9, written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1959.

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