Tweeter And The Monkey Man Lyrics - Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys

Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash 

They stayed up all night, selling cocaine and hash 

To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan 

For reasons unexplained, she loved the Monkey Man 

Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam 

And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn 

They knew that they'd find freedom just across the Jersey Line 

So they hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99 

And the walls came down 

All the way to hell 

Never saw them when they're standing 

Never saw them when they fell 

The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man 

Even back in childhood, he wanted to see him in the can 

Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill 

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 

They crashed into paradise, they could hear them tires squeal 

The undercover cop pulled up and said, "Everyone of you's a liar 

If you don't surrender now, it's gonna go down to the wire" 

And the walls came down 

All the way to hell 

Never saw them when they're standing 

Never saw them when they fell 

An ambulance rolled up, a state trooper close behind 

Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind 

The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree 

Near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory 

Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit 

He was taking the whole thing personal, he didn't care about the loot 

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

In Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught." 

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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 

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" 

Jan jumped out of bed said, "There's someplace I gotta go" 

She took a gun out of the drawer and said, "It's best if you don't know" 

The undercover cop was found face down in a field 

The Monkey Man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield 

Jan said to the Monkey Man, "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl 

I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl" 

And the walls came down 

All the way to hell 

Never saw them when they're standing 

Never saw them when they fell 

Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again 

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

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

Ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on 

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

There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done 

Sometimes I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan 

Sometimes I don't think about nothing but the Monkey Man 

And the walls came down 

All the way to hell 

Never saw them when they're standing 

Never saw them when they fell 

And the walls came down 

All the way to hell 

Never saw them when they're standing 

Never saw them when they fell