as i got on a city bus and found a vacant seat i thought i saw my future bride walkin up the street i shouted to the driver hey conductor you must slow down i think i see her please let me off this bus nadine honey is that you oh nadine honey is that you seems like every time i see you darling you got something else to do i saw her from the corner when she turned and doubled back and started walkin toward a coffee colored cadillac i was pushin through the crowd to get to where she s at and i was campaign shouting like a southern diplomat nadine honey is that you oh nadine honey where are you seems like every time i catch up with you you re up to something new downtown searching for her looking all around saw her getting in a yellow cab heading uptown i caught a loaded taxi paid up everybody s tab with a twenty dollar bill and told him catch that yellow cab nadine honey is that you oh nadine honey is that you seems like every time i catch up with you you re up to something new she moves around like a wayward summer breeze go driver go go catch her pretty please moving through the traffic like a mounted cavalier leaning out the taxi window trying to make her hear  nadine honey is that you oh nadine honey is that you seems like every time i see you darling you re up to something new