Tweeter And The Monkey Man

Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
 They stayed up all night smoking cocaine and hash
 With an undercover cop, who had a sister named Jan
 For reasons unexplained, she loved the Monkey Man
 Tweeter was a Boy Scout 'cause he went to Vietnam
 Found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn
 You know that they'd find freedom just across the Jersey line
 Hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99
 When 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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 The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man
 Even back in high school wanted to see him in the can
 Jan got married at 14 to a racketeer named Bill
 Made secret plans with the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill
 Was out on Thunder Road, Tweeter at the wheel
 Pulled into paradise, you could hear the tires squeal
 It was Jan who'd told me many times, "It was you to me who'd taught
 In Kingston everything's legal, man, as long as you don't get caught"
 When 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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 A place by Rahway Prison, we ran out of gas
 The undercover cop cornered us, said he didn't think this would last
 Jan jumped up outta bed, said, "There's some place I gotta go"
 Took the gun out of the drawer, said, "It's best that you don't know"
 An ambulance rolled up, a state trooper close behind
 Tweeter pulled his gun away and messed up his mind
 The undercover cop was found face down in a field
 Monkey Man on a river bridge, using Tweeter as a shield
 When 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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 The town of Kansas City, quieting down again
 I'm sitting in a gambling club called The Lion's Den
 The TV set is blown up, every bit of it is gone
 Ever since the night when they showed that the Monkey Man was on
 Maybe I'll go to Florida, get myself some sun
 Ain't no more opportunity here and 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
 When the walls came down
 All the way to hell
 Never saw them when they're standing
 Never saw them when they fell