Long cool woman in a black dress

The Hollies
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Saturday night I was downtown
SOL LA MI If I wanna spend my living
Working for the FBI LA
MI With a long cool woman in a black dress
Sitting in a nest of bad men
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Whisky bottles piling high Just a 5'9 beautiful tall
LA
MI Well, with just one look I was a bad mess
Bootlegging boozer on the west side SOL LA MI
SOL LA MI 'cos that long cool woman had it all
Full of people who are doing wrong MI
MI Had it all
Just about to call up the D.LA. man
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When I heard this woman singing a song

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LA pair of 45's made me open my eyes
B
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
LA
With just one look I was a bad mess
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'cos that long cool woman had it all
8 bars

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I saw her headin' to the table
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Well a tall walking big black cat
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When charlie said I hope that you're able boy
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Well I'm telling you she knows where it's at

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Well suddenly we heard the sirens
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And everybody started to run
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LA jumping out of doors and tables
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Well I heard somebody shooting a gun

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Well the da was pumping my left hand
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And then she was a-holding my right

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Well I told her don't get scared
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'cos you're gonna be spared
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Well I've gotta be forgiven