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 singin' a song

A pair of 45s made me open my eyes

My temperature started to rise

She was a long cool woman in a black dress

'Bout a 5'9", beautiful, tall

With just one look I was a bad mess

'Cause that long cool woman had it all

Whoo!

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, suddenly we hear the sirens

And everybody started to run

A-jumping under doors and tables

Well, I heard somebody shootin' a gun

Well, the DA was pumpin' my left hand

And a-she was a-holding my right

Well, I told her, "Don't get scared 'cause you're gonna be spared"

I've gotta be forgiven if I wanna spend my livin'

With a long cool woman in a black dress

Just a 5'9", beautiful, tall

Well, 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, had it all

Had it all, mmm

Had it all

Ah, she had it all

Yeah, she had it all