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	Current version of Traveling Wilburys Lyrics Tweeter And The Monkey Man (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/traveling-wilburys/tweeter-and-th...) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Traveling Wilburys Lyrics Tweeter And The Monkey Man (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/traveling-wilburys/tweeter-and-th...) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hardup for cash						Verse 1:	1
1							Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash	1
	They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash						They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
	To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan						To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
	For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man						For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man
2							Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam	2
3	Tweeter was                                     a boy scout course he went to Vietnam						And found out the hard way nobody gives a damn	3
4	And                   found out               the hard way, nobody gives a damn						They knew that they found freedom just across the Jersey Line	4
5	They knew that they found freedom just across the Jersey line						So             they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99	5
6	So they hopped into a stolen car, took Highway 99						Chorus:	6
7							And the walls came down all the way to hell	7
1	And the walls came down							1
2	All the way to hell							2
	Never saw them when they're standing						Never saw them when they're standing
	Never saw them when they fell						Never saw them when they fell
8							Verse 2:	8
	The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man						The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man
	Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can						Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can
9	Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named Bill						Jan got married at fourteen to a rackateer named Bill	9
10	She made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill						She made secret calls to the Monkey Man	10
11							from a mansion on the hill	11
12	It was out on Thunder Road,    Tweeter at the wheel						It was out on thunder road - Tweeter at the wheel	12
13	They crashed into paradise,    they could hear them tires squeal						They crashed into paradise - they could hear them tires squeal	13
14	The undercover cop pulled up and said "Everyone of you is a liar						The undercover cop pulled up and said "Everyone of you's     a liar	14
15	If you don't surrender now, it's gonna go down to the wire"						If you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire	15
16							(To chorus:)	16
17	And the walls came down						Verse 3:	17
18	All the way to hell						An ambulance rolled up - a state trooper close behind	18
3	Never saw them when they're standing							3
4	Never saw them when they fell							4
5								5
6	An ambulance rolled up, a State-Trooper close behind							6
	Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind						Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
	The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree						The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
19	Near the souvenir stand, by the old abandoned factory						Near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory	19
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	Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit						Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit
20	He was taking the whole thing personal, he didn't care about the loot						He was taking the whole thing personal	20
21	Jan had told him many times, "It was you to me who taught						He didn't care about the loot	21
22	In Jersey anything's legal, as long as      you don't get caught"						Jan had told him many times it was you to me who taught	22
23							In Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught	23
24	And the walls came down						(To chorus:)	24
25	All the way to hell						Verse 4:	25
26	Never saw them when they're standing						Someplace by Rahway prison they ran out of gas	26
27	Never saw                     them when they fell						The undercover cop had cornered them said "Boy, you didn't	27
28							think that this could last"	28
29	Some place by Rahwey Prison they ran out of gas						Jan jumped                                out of bed said "There's someplace I gotta go"	29
30	The undercover cop had cornered them,                   said						She took a gun out of the drawer and said	30
31	"Boy,           you didn't think this could last?"						"It's best if you dont' know"	31
8	Jan jumped out of bed, said, "There's someplace I gotta go"							8
9	She took the gun out of the drawer, said, "It's best that you don't know"							9
10								10
	The undercover cop was found face down in a field						The undercover cop was found face down in a field
32	The Monkey Man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield						The monkey man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield	32
33	Jan said to the Monkey Man, "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl						Jan said to the Monkey Man "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl	33
34	I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey Girl"						I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl"	34
35							(To chorus:)	35
36	And the walls came down						Verse 5:	36
11	All the way to hell							11
12	Never saw them when they're standing							12
13	Never saw them when they fell							13
14								14
	Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again						Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again
	I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den						I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den
37	The TV set was blown up, every bit of it was gone						The TV set been blown up, every bit of it is gone	37
38	Ever since the nightly news showed that the Monkey Man was on						Ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on	38
39							I guess I'll to to Florida and get myself some sun	39
15	I guess I'll go to Florida to get myself some sun							15
	There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done						There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done
40	Sometimes I think of Tweeter, sometimes I think of Jan						Sometime I think of Tweeter, sometime I think of Jan	40
41	Sometimes I don't think about nothing but the Monkey Man						Sometime I don't think about nothing but the Monkey Man	41
42							(To chorus:)	42
16	And the walls came down							16
17	All the way to hell							17
18	Never saw them when they're standing							18
19	Never saw them when they fell							19

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