Saturday night I was down town

working for the F.B.I.

sitting in a nest of bad men

iskey bottles piling high

boot legging boozer on the west side

full of people who are doing wrong

just about to call up the D.A. man

when I heard this woman singing a song.



A pair of forty fives made me open my eyes

my temperature started to rise

she was a long cool woman in a black dress

just a five nine

beautiful

tall

with just one look I was a bad mess

'cos that long cool woman had it all.



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 heard a siren

and ev'rybody started to run

a jumping out of doors and tables

well I heard somebody shooting a gun.



Well the D.A. was pumping my left hand

and a she a holding my right

and I told her don't get scared

'cos you're gonna be spared

and I gotta be popular now

if I wanna spend my living with

a long cool woman in a black dress

just a five nine

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.