LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS)
by The Hollies
Album: Romany
(c) 1972
INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
Saturday night I was downtown working for the F.B.I
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Sittin' in a nest of bad men, whiskey bottles pilin' high
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Bootlegging boozer on the west side, full of people who are doing wrong.
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Just about to call up the D.A. man, when I heard this woman sing a song
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Chorus:
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A pair of 45s made me open my eyes
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My temperature started to rise
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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
Interlude:
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Wooow!
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Verse2:
I saw her heading to the table, with a tall walking big black cat
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When Charlie said I hope that you're able boy, well I'm telling you she knows where it's at
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Well then suddenly we heard the siren's, and everybody started to run
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Jumping out of doors and tables, well I heard somebody shooting a gun
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Well the D.A. was pumping my left hand, 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
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Well I'm gonna be forgiving
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If I wanna spend my living
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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 all
Had it all...
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