[Intro: piano boogie 4 bars, drums and tambourine crash in, guitar riff 4 bars] [Verse 1] Sister Monica stood and said her name And the whole room called it back again Four-foot-ten with the tall one at her back Six-foot-something, both of them in black [Chorus] Red dress, red dress, four-foot-ten Up on the table again Nobody knew her name back then Red dress, red dress, four-foot-ten [Turnaround: 2 bars, sax honk, straight into verse] [Verse 2] She kept a little bag tucked out of sight One red dress folded up inside Habit on the hook, red dress instead Four-foot-ten with the night ahead [Chorus] Red dress, red dress, four-foot-ten Up on the table again Nobody knew her name back then Red dress, red dress, four-foot-ten [Sax solo: 12 bars over the chorus changes, band flat out, handclaps] [Verse 3] Drinking and dancing with the band up loud Four-foot-ten, working the crowd Home before daylight, red dress put away Habit back on, nothing to say [Breakdown: band drops out to piano and voice] [Bridge] She said I could not stop and I could not stay stopped And I could not get sober alone This isn't religion, I get plenty of that All you need is a God of your own And it doesn't have to be mine [Full band back in, drum fill] [Final Chorus] Red dress, red dress, four-foot-ten Up on the table again Head and shoulders over the men Nobody knew her name back then Red dress, red dress, four-foot-ten [Guitar solo: 8 bars, sax joining on the last 4] [Outro] Sister Monica stood and said her name And the whole room called it back again She said how long it had been Most beautiful face I'd ever seen [Outro: piano and drums out, single held guitar chord]
