Long cool woman in a black dress
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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)