Long cool woman in a black dress    (video)    (midi)

 

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1. Saturday night I was downtown working for the FBI,

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    sitting in a nest of bad men, whiskey bottles piling hi.....gh.

 

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2. Bootlegging boozer on the West Side,

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    full of people who are doing wrong,

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    just about to call up the DA man,

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    when I heard this woman singing a so.....ng.

 

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    A pair of 45's made me open my eyes,

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    my temperature started to ri.....se.

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    She was a long cool woman in a black dress,

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    just a 5-9 beautiful tall,

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    with just one look I was a bad mess,

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   'cause that long cool woman had it all.

 

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3. I saw her heading to the table,

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    with a tall walking big black cat,

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    when Charlie said, “I hope that you're able, boy,

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    'cause I'm telling you she knows where it's at.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4. Well, suddenly we heard the sirens,

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    and everybody started to run,

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    jumping under doors and tables,

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    well, I heard somebody shooting a gu....n.

 

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5. Well, the DA was pumping my left hand,

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    and she was holding my right,

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   well, I told her, "Don't get scared,

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    'cause you're gonna be spared."

 

    Well, I've gotta be forgiven, if I wanna spend my living

 

    with a long cool woman in a black dress,

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    just a 5-9 beautiful tall.

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    With just one look I was a bad mess,

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    'cause that long cool woman had it a.......ll.

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    Had it all !                       (4x) ...

 

    (Hollies)