As I got on the 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, baby is that you?
Seem like every time I catch up with you
You got somethin' 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, tryin' to get to where she's at
I was jammin' and shoutin' like a southern diplomat
Nadine, baby is that you?
Oh, Nadine, baby where are you?
It seem like every time I catch up with you
You got somethin' else to do
Downtown searchin' for her, lookin' all around
Saw her gettin' in a yellow cab headin' uptown
I caught a loaded taxi, paid up everybody's fare
With a twenty dollar bill and told him, "Catch that yellow cab"
Nadine, baby is that you?
Oh, Nadine, baby is that you?
Seem like every time I catch up with you
You got somethin' else to do
She moved around like a wayward summer breeze
Go, driver, go, go and catch her for me please
Movin' through the traffic like a Monte Carlo
I was leanin' out the taxi window tryin' to make a hit
Nadine, baby is that you?
Oh, Nadine, baby where are you?
Seem like every time I catch up with you
You got somethin' else to do