The 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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The 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, across the Jersey Line
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So they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99.
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Chorus:
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And the walls came down,
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All the way to hell
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell.
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The undercover cop, he 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, they could hear them tires squeal
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The undercover cop pulled up and said, 'everyone of you's a liar
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If you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire!"
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Chorus:
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And the walls came down,
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All the way to hell
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell.
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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 a hot in pursuit
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He was taking the whole thing personal
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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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Chorus:
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And the walls came down,
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All the way to hell
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell.
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Someplace by Rahway prison they ran out of gas
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The undercover cop had cornered them said,
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"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 was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield.
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Jan said to the Monkey Man, "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl
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I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl"
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Chorus:
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And the walls came down,
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All the way to hell
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell.
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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 was 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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Sometime I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan
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Sometimes I don't think about nothing but the Monkey Man
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Chorus: (x2)
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And the walls came down,
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All the way to hell
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Never saw them when they're standing
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Never saw them when they fell.
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Tweeter And The Monkey Man
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| Tom Petty |
