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Introduction: A A E E
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Saturday night I was downtown
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Working for the FBI
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Sitting in a nest of bad men
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Whisky bottles piling high
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Bootlegging boozer on the west side
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Full of people who are doing wrong
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Just about to call up the D.A. man
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When I heard this woman singing a song
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A pair of 45's made me open my eyes
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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
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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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A 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
If I wanna spend my living
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Just a 5'9 beautiful tall
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Well, with just one look I was a bad mess
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'cos that long cool woman had it all
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Had it all