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	Current version of Headstones Lyrics Tweeter And The Monkey Man (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/h/headstones/tweeter-and-the-monkey...) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Headstones Lyrics Tweeter And The Monkey Man (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/h/headstones/tweeter-and-the-monkey...) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Tweeter and the Monkey Man						(Traveling Wilburys)	1
2	Were                              hard up for cash						Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash	2
3	They stayed up all night						They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash	3
4	Selling cocaine and hash						To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan	4
5							For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man	5
6	To an undercover cop						Tweeter was a Boy Scout, 'course he went to Viet Nam	6
7	Who had                                a sister named Jan						Found out the hard way nobody gives a damn	7
8	For reasons unexplained						Thought that they'd find freedom just across the Jersey line	8
9	She loved the Monkey Man						Hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99	9
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2	Tweeter was a Boy Scout							2
3	'Course he went to Vietnam							3
4	Found out the hard way							4
5	Nobody gives a damn							5
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7	Thought that they'd find freedom							7
8	Just across the Jersey line							8
9	Hopped into a stolen car							9
10	Took Highway 99							10
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	And the walls came down						And the walls came down
	All the way to hell						All the way to hell
10	Never saw them when they standin'						Never saw them when they standin	10
	Never saw them when they fell						Never saw them when they fell
11							The undercover cop, he never liked the Monkey Man	11
12	The undercover cop						Even back in high school, wanted to see him in the can	12
13	He never liked the Monkey Man						Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill	13
14	Even back in high school						Made secret plans with the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill	14
15	Wanted to see him in                     the can						It was out on Thunder Road, Tweeter at the wheel	15
16							Pulled into paradise, you could hear the tires squeal	16
17	Jan got married at fourteen						It was Jan who'd told him many times "It	17
18	To a racketeer named Bill						was you to me who'd taught:	18
19	Made secret plans with the Monkey Man						In Kingston everything's legal as long as you don't get caught"	19
12	From a mansion on the hill							12
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14	It was out on Thunder Road							14
15	Tweeter at the wheel							15
16	Pulled into paradise							16
17	You could hear the tires squeal							17
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19	It was Jan who'd told him many times							19
20	"It was you to me who'd taught							20
21	In Kingston everything's legal							21
22	As long as you don't get caught"							22
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	And the walls came down						And the walls came down
	All the way to hell						All the way to hell
20	Never saw them when they standin'						Never saw them when they standin	20
	Never saw them when they fell						Never saw them when they fell
21							Some place by Riway prison they ran out of gas	21
22	Some place by Rahway prison						The undercover cop cornered 'em, said "You	22
23	They ran out of gas						didn't think that this could last"	23
24	The undercover cop cornered 'em						Jan jumped up out of bed said "There's some place I gotta go"	24
25	Said, "You didn't think that this could last"						She took the gun out of the drawer, and said	25
26							"It's best that you don't know"	26
27	Jan jumped up out of bed						An ambulance rolled up, State Trooper close behind	27
28	Said, "There's some place I gotta go"						Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind	28
29	She took the gun out of the drawer						The undercover cop was found face down in a field	29
30	And said, "It's best that you don't know"						The Monkey Man was on the bridge using Tweeter as a shield	30
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25	An ambulance rolled up							25
26	State Trooper close behind							26
27	Tweeter took his gun away							27
28	And messed up his mind							28
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30	The undercover cop was found							30
31	Face down in a field							31
32	The Monkey Man was on the bridge							32
33	Using Tweeter as a shield							33
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	And the walls came down						And the walls came down
	All the way to hell						All the way to hell
31	Never saw them when they standin'						Never saw them when they standin	31
	Never saw them when they fell						Never saw them when they fell
32							The town of Jersey City is quieting down again	32
33	The town of Jersey City						I'm sitting in a gambling club called The Lion's Den	33
34	Is quieting down again						The TV set is blown up, every bit of it is gone	34
35	I'm sitting in a gambling club						Ever since the night when they showed that the Monkey Man was on	35
36	Called The Lion's Den						Maybe I'll go to Florida, get myself some sun	36
37							There ain't no more opportunity here and everythings been done	37
38	The TV set is blown up						Sometimes I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan	38
39	Every bit of it is gone						Sometimes I don't think about nothin' but the Monkey Man	39
35	Ever since the night							35
36	When they showed							36
37	That the Monkey Man was on							37
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39	Maybe I'll go to Florida							39
40	Set myself some sun							40
41	There ain't no more opportunity here							41
42	And everything's been done							42
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44	Sometimes I think of Tweeter							44
45	Sometimes I think of Jan							45
46	Sometimes I don't think about nothin'							46
47	But the Monkey Man							47
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	And the walls came down						And the walls came down
	All the way to hell						All the way to hell
40	Never saw them when they standin'						Never saw them when they standin	40
	Never saw them when they fell						Never saw them when they fell

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