Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) -
Song Lyrics / Artist Information / Chart History

  • Written by Roger Cook, Harold Clark, and Roger Greenaway
  • Originally performed by The Hollies
  • A #2 Top 40 hit in 1972

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Saturday night I was downtown
Working for the FBI
Sitting in a nest of bad men
Whisky 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
'Cos that long cool woman had it all

I saw her headed towards the table,
Like 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

Then suddenly we heard the sirens,
And everybody started to run
A-jumping out of doors and tables
When I heard somebody shooting a gun

Well the DA was pumping my left hand
And she was a-holding my right
Well I told her don't get scared
'Cos 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,
Just a 5-9 beautiful tall
With just one look I was a bad mess
'Cos that long cool woman had it all. 
Had it all ...
Had it all ...
Had it all ...
Had it all ...


Note that the lyrics posted here are those as interpreted and performed by The Oracle Band. In a few cases we have taken some liberties with the lyrics to make them more appropriate for tasteful gatherings. Their use here is intended as an aid for people in selecting music for their wedding reception or private party, and may not be reproduced for any commercial, for-profit use.

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