TWEETER AND THE MONKEY MAN

Tweeter and the Monkey Man (video)

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1. Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash,

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they stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash

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to an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan

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for reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man.

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Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam,

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and found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn.

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They knew that they found freedom just across that Jersey line

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so they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99.

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And the walls came down, all the way to hell,

never saw them when they’re standing,

never saw them when they fell.

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2. The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man,

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even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can.

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Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill,

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she made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill.

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It was out on thunder road, Tweeter at the wheel,

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they crashed into paradise you could hear them tires squeal.

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The undercover cop pulled up said, “Everyone of you is a liar,

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if you don’t surrender now, it’s gonna go down to the wire”.

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And the walls came down, all the way to hell,

never saw them when they’re standing,

never saw them when they fell.

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3. An ambulance rolled up, a state trooper close behind,

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Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind.

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The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree,

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near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory.

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Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit,

he was taking the whole thing personally,

he didn't care about the loot.

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Jan had told him many times, it was you to me who taught,

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in Jersey anything’s legal as long as you don’t get caught.

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4. Someplace by Rahway Prison they ran out of gas,

the undercover cop had cornered them said,

“Boy,you didn't think that this could last ?”

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Jan jumped out of bed, said, “There's someplace I gotta go !”

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she took a gun out of the drawer and said, “It's best if you don't know.”

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The undercover cop was found face down in a field,

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the Monkey Man on the river bank using Tweeter as a shield.

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Jan said to the Monkey Man,” I'm not fooled by Tweeters curl

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I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl.”

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And the walls came down, all the way to hell,

never saw them when they’re standing,

never saw them when they fell.

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5. Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again,

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I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den.

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The TV set been blown up, every bit of it is gone,

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ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on.

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I guess I'll go to Florida and get myself some sun,

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there ain't no more opportunity here, everything’s been done.

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Sometimes I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan,

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sometimes I think of nothing but the Monkey Man.

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