SINGER: The Hollies

SONG:Long Cool Woman

Long cool womanthe hollies(from the lyric sheet included with the uk pressingof the "distant light" album)saturday night i was downtownworking for the f.b.i.sitting in a nest of bad menwhiskey bottles piling highbootlegging boozer on the west sidefull of people who are doing wrongjust about to call up the da manwhen i heard this woman sing a songa pair of 45s made me open my eyesmy temperature started to riseshe was a long cool woman in a black dressjust-a 5'9, beautiful, tallwith just one look i was a bad mess'cause that long cool woman had it alli saw her heading to the tablelike a tall walking big black catwhen charlie said i hope that you're able boy'cause i'm telling you she knows where it's atthen suddenly we heard the sirensand everybody started to runa-jumping out of doors and tableswhen i heard somebody shooting a gunwell the da was pumping my left handand a-she was a-holding my rightwell i told her don't get scared'cause you're gonna be sparedi've gotta be forgiving if i wanna spend my livingwith a long cool woman in a black dressjust a 5'9 beautiful tallyeah, with just one look i was a bad mess'cause that long cool woman had it allhad it all.....