sentences:  The song describes a man seeking help to find love, so he talks to a gypsy who determines, by means of palmistry, that he needs ""love potion number 9"".The potion, an aphrodisiac, causes him to fall in love with everything he sees, kissing whatever is in front of him, eventually kissing a policeman on the street-corner, who breaks his bottle of love potion.In one recorded version of the ending of the song, the Clovers used the alternative lyrics