Nadine
Composer(s): Chuck Berry; Alan Freed
Performer(s): Chuck Berry;
and various other artists



I got on a city bus and found a vacant seat
I thought I saw my future bride walking 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 

[Alternate verse: Seems like every time I catch you
datcha you're up to something new] 

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 

Downtown searching for her, looking all around
Saw her getting in a yellow cab heading up town
I caught a loaded taxi, paid up everybody's tab 
With a twenty dollar bill, told him 'catch that yellow cab' 

She move around like a wave of summer breeze
go, driver, go, go, catch her balmy breeze
Moving thru the traffic like a mounted cavalier
Leaning out the taxi window trying to make her hear