Tweeter And The Monkey Man (Remastered 2007)

Tweeter And The Monkey Man (Remastered 2007) - The Traveling Wilburys

Written by：The Traveling Wilburys/Jeff Lynne/George Harrison

Tweeter and the monkey man were hardup for cash

They stayed up all night selling c**e 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 course he went to Vietnam

And found out the hard way nobody gives a d**n

They knew that they found 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

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 is 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

And the walls came down

All the way to hell

Never saw them when they're standing

Never saw them when they fell

Some place by

Rahwey Prison they ran out of gas

The undercover cop had cornered them said

Boy you didn't think this could last

Jan jumped out of bed said there's someplace I gotta go

She took the gun out of the drawer said

It's best that 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 was gone

Ever since the nightly news showed that the monkey man was on

I guess I'll go to Florida to 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