Wednesday, November 13, 2013

THE HOLLIES-"LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS)

Saturday night I was downtown
Working for the FBI
Sitting in a nest of bad men
Whiskey bottles piling high

Bootlegging boozer on the west side
Full of people who are doing wrong
Just about to call up the DA man
When I heard this woman singing a song

A pair of 45's made me open my eyes
My temperature started to rise
She was a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a 5-9 beautiful tall
With just one look I was a bad mess
'Cause that long cool woman had it all
- (musical interlude)-
I saw her heading to the table
Well a tall walking big black cat
When Charlie said I hope that you're able, boy
Well I'm telling you she knows where it's at
Well then suddenly we heard the sirens
And everybody started to run
Jumping under doors and tables
Well I heard somebody shooting a gun

Well the DA was pumping my left hand
And she was holding my right
Well I told her, "Don't get scared
'Cause you're gonna be spared"
Well I'm gonna be forgivin'
If I wanna spend my living
With a long cool woman in a black dress
Just a 5-9 beautiful tall
With just one look I was a bad mess
'Cause that long cool woman had it all
Had it all, had it all, had it all...

2 comments:

Mr. Shife said...

Cool song. I remember my dad playing this at home and rocking out with my mom. And no that's not a euphemism for sex. Every now and then they would play some music and let their hair down. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, texlahoma. Have a good one.

texlahoma said...

Mr. Shife - That's pretty cool, I'm glad it sent you down memory lane.
See you later.

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