Traveling Wilburys - Tweeter And The Monkey Man

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Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
They stayed up all night selling cocaine 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, ´for she went to Vietnam
And found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn
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`s a liar
If you don`t surrender now it`s gonna go down 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 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 is gone
Ever since the nightly news showed that the Monkey Man was on

I guess I`ll go to Florida and get myself some sun
There aint 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

Release History

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2007

The Traveling Wilburys

1. Handle With Care
2. Dirty World
3. Rattled
4. Last Night
5. Not Alone Any More
6. Congratulations
7. Heading For The Light
8. Margarita
9. Tweeter And The Monkey Man
10. End Of The Line
11. Maxine
12. Like A Ship
13. She's My Baby
14. Inside Out
15. If You Belonged To Me
16. The Devil's Been Busy
17. 7 Deadly Sins
18. Poor House
19. Where Were You Last Night
20. Cool Dry Place
21. New Blue Moon
22. You Took My Breath Away
23. Wilbury Twist
24. Nobody's Child
25. Runaway

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1988

The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1

1. Handle With Care
2. Dirty World
3. Rattled
4. Last Night
5. Not Alone Any More
6. Congratulations
7. Heading For The Light
8. Margarita
9. Tweeter And The Monkey Man
10. End Of The Line

12 June 2007

Traveling Wilburys

1. 7 Deadly Sins
2. Congratulations
3. Cool Dry Place
4. Dirty World
5. End Of The Line
6. Handle With Care
7. Heading For The Light
8. If You Belonged To Me
9. Inside Out
10. Last Night
11. Like A Ship
12. Margarita
13. Maxine
14. New Blue Moon
15. Nobody's Child
16. Not Alone Any More
17. Poor House
18. Rattled
19. Runaway
20. She's My Baby
21. The Devil's Been Busy
22. Tweeter And The Monkey Man
23. Where Were You Last Night
24. Wilbury Twist
25. You Took My Breath Away

0000-00-00

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1

1. Congratulations
2. Dirty World
3. End Of The Line
4. Handle With Care
5. Heading For The Light
6. Last Night
7. Margarita
8. Not Alone Any More
9. Rattled
10. Tweeter And The Monkey Man

03 June 2008

Volume 1

1. Congratulations
2. Dirty World
3. End Of The Line
4. Handle With Care
5. Heading For The Light
6. Last Night
7. Like A Ship
8. Margarita
9. Maxine
10. Not Alone Any More
11. Rattled
12. Tweeter And The Monkey Man