This is a simple 3-chord rock ditty which began when
"Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress" by The Hollies got stuck in my head.
All I could hear over and over was "Long Cool Woman.." and my mind morphed it into "Long tall woman..". I have no idea where the
rest of the lyrics came from, they just popped into my head - took about 10 minutes to write the whole song.
Now I'm not prone to suicidal thoughts, but that's what this song turned out to be - a guy and a gal intent on ending it all by
taking a long walk off a short pier. They just happen to meet as they were doing this at the same place and time of night.
I've attached a rough version I recorded some time ago. There is very little processing, just a quick recording full of terrible
esses, pops, and clicks.
She was a long tall woman walkin' down a short ocean pier
We got to talkin' 'bout some things that brought us here
Our stories were mostly the same
Different places, times, different names
All conspired to drive us insane on this short ocean pier
[Lead Break]
A long talk just seemed to impede
That long walk we both thought we needed
All at once it was so crystal clear on that short ocean pier
On that short ocean pier
On that short ocean pier
On that short ocean pier
[Fade] ..splash.. splash